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I read with avid interest the recent article on the bibliometric impact of E. Rutherford's many contributions to physics [1]. The article reinforces in a quantitative manner the substantial contributions Rutherford has made to 20th century physics. However, it does contain in its introductory paragraph an egregious historical error. In that paragraph, the authors regurgitate the following, which they attribute to J. Campbell: "His three major experimental discoveries in atomic physics during that period – the model of the atom from the scattering of alpha and beta particles, nuclear fission, and radioactive decay – could each have earned him a Nobel Prize..." [2]. Rutherford's place in the pantheon of modern physics is secure, but to nonchalantly attribute him with the discovery of nuclear fission does his legacy a disservice, and unnecessarily distorts historical reality. In fact, on December 22,1938 - some 14 months after Rutherford's death - Hahn and Strassman submitted a manuscript claiming quite unexpectedly, the detection of barium from the neutron bombardment of uranium 13]. Literally within days, Meitner and Frisch had correctly interpreted these results as being due to nuclear fission thus completing the discovery of fission - a process in which Rutherford played no direct role [4]. It is unfortunate that the authors of this article chose to paraphrase such patently incorrect information in their otherwise fine piece on Rutherford's scientific influence.
机译：我非常感兴趣地阅读了最近有关E. Rutherford对物理学的许多贡献的文献计量学影响的文章[1]。这篇文章以定量的方式加强了卢瑟福对20世纪物理学的巨大贡献。但是，它的引言部分确实包含了一个令人震惊的历史错误。在那段中，作者反驳了以下内容，他们将其归因于J. Campbell：“他在那个时期在原子物理学中的三个主要实验发现–由α和β粒子的散射，核裂变和放射性形成的原子模型衰变–每个人都能为他赢得诺贝尔奖……” [2]。卢瑟福在现代物理学的万神殿中的位置是安全的，但是将其归因于核裂变的发现是一成不变的，这对他的遗产造成了损害，并不必要地扭曲了历史现实。实际上，在1938年12月22日（卢瑟福死后约14个月），哈恩和斯特拉斯曼提交了一份手稿，声称出乎意料地发现了铀13的中子轰击中发现的钡。从字面上看，几天之内，Meitner和Frisch正确地将这些结果解释为核裂变所致，从而完成了裂变的发现-在这一过程中卢瑟福没有直接发挥作用[4]。不幸的是，本文的作者选择将这些明显不正确的信息解释为原本对卢瑟福的科学影响还不错的文章。

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