The next big step was taken by New Zealander Ernest Rutherford in 1909.

1909 年， 新西兰人欧内斯特·卢瑟福迈出了下一步。

He initially studied the electron theory of metals, but his academic path took a turn after J.J. Thomson's discovery of the electron and Ernest Rutherford's model of the atom.

他最初研究的是金属电子论，但他的学术道路在J.J.汤姆森发现电子和欧内斯特卢瑟福的原子模型。

But that all changed around 1911, when a scientist named Ernest Rutherford, along with his team at Manchester University, published the results of the famous gold-foil experiment.

但这一切在 1911 年左右发生了变化， 当时一位名叫欧内斯特·卢瑟福的科学家和他在曼彻斯特大学的团队发表了著名的金箔实验的结果。