Welcome to the book, Ernest Rutherford: A Short Biography. This book is volume 34 of the 30 Minute Book Series and, as the name of the series implies, if you are an average reader this book will take around 30 minutes to read. Since this short book is not meant to be an all-encompassing biography of Ernest Rutherford, you may want to know more about this man and his accomplishments. To help you with this, there are several good references at the end of this book. I have also provided a Timeline, in order to link together the important events in Rutherford’s life, and a section titled “Biographical Sketches” which includes biographies of some of the key individuals in the book.
Thank you for purchasing this book, and I hope you enjoy your time reading about this legendary twentieth-century scientist.
Doug West
December 2018