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57 Mosley Street, M2 3HY, , Please note that steep entrance steps prevent full wheelchair access.
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£7 (under 16s go free). Booking required
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History, Manchester science
New Zealand-born Ernest Rutherford was the first to split the atom, right here in Manchester. Find out more about the ‘father of nuclear physics’ and what he discovered within the vast universe inside the atom in this talk with physicist Peter Ford.
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