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Cold War (1947–1991)
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
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Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937)
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Ernest Rutherford was born in Nelson, New Zealand in 1871. A great scientist, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, the Order of Merit in 1925, ...
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