The Plum Pudding Paradox
by Jay Werkheiser
H.G. Well’s Traveller goes back in time to persuade J.J. Thomson to not allow
Rutherford to observe the nucleus of an atom.
Rutherford’s work will lead to a new theory called quantum mechanics. It’s nearly an
inverse of your model, a central positive nucleus surrounded by a negatively charged
cloud.
“The Plum Pudding Paradox” by Jay Werkheiser, Daily Science Fiction, 29 December 2010 [webzine].