Brief biography of the Nobel laureate who was born in New Zealand; on the Nobel e-Museum site; best known for his experimental work on alpha scattering from which he arrived at the concept of the atomic nucleus

Biographical article on Ernest Rutherford (b. 1871), creator of modern atomic physics and forerunner of the nuclear age; he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908; part of the nzedge.com web site

Biographical article on Maurice Wilkins (b. 1916), who won the Nobel Prize in physiology & medicine for his contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the building blocks of life; part of the nzedge.com website

Autobiography of Alan G MacDiamid; New Zealander from Masterton who has won The Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000 for his work on conducting polymers

Biographical article on Alan MacDiarmid (b. 1927), who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2001 for his and his colleagues' "discovery and development of electronically conductive polymers"; part of the nzedge.com web site

Biographical article on Allan Wilson, who revolutionised the study of human evolution; he was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize and is the only New Zealander to have won the MacArthur `Genius' Award; part of the nzedge.com web site

Biographical article on Colin Murdoch (b. 1929), the Timaru-based inventor; Murdoch invented numerous permutations of the disposable syringe, the tranquilliser gun etc; part of the nzedge.com web site

Web site on the Nobel-prize winning scientist; has biography, books, birthplace, awards, bibliography, photographs and so on

Biographical article on William Pickering (b. 1910), space scientist; Pickering was behind the launching of the first US rocket into space, the Explorer 1, from Cape Canaveral, Florida; part of the nzedge.com web site