Later, he began focusing on uranium. Rutherford discovered that placing it near foil resulted in one type of radiation being easily blocked, while a different type had no trouble …show more content…
Soon after, in 1907, Rutherford moved back to England, and it was there where he discovered that nearly the total mass of an atom is concentrated in the nucleus (Ernest Rutherford A&E Television Network). After his discovery, he created the nuclear model, later leading the way to the invention of the atomic bomb (Ernest Rutherford A&E Television Network). It was because of this discovery that Rutherford became known as the “Father of the Nuclear Age” (Ernest Rutherford A&E Television