Who was the first to discover the atom was mostly empty space???

Question

And if you know....how did he discover this?

Answer 1

Rutherford For details see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_scattering

Answer 2

all atoms are as a rule empty area. the gap between the protons electrons, and different electrons are huge.... in case you carry the atom as much as scale thats very massive...... ok we could say am atom replaced into as massive as this era ---> . the electrons might go as some distance out as a foot from that era perchance greater.