Museum of Science and Industry

Winton Capital Management, the British investment management firm, partnered with MOSI in 2011 to sponsor the 'Ernest Rutherford: Father of Nuclear Physics', presented in Manchester Science Gallery. This temporary exhibition celebrated the centenary of his work and examines Rutherford's legacy in the city. 

The exhibition looked at the work of Rutherford and his team in Manchester, and how this has shaped our lives, notably through the development of nuclear energy and the use of radiotherapy for medical diagnosis and cancer treatment.

The Manchester Evening News covered the exhibition launch in August and further coverage was recorded on the BBC website and on BBC Radio Manchester.  The Institute of Physics also recorded a short film about the exhibition which appears on the Physics World website. Between August and October 2011, MOSI recorded that over 200,000 visitors would have taken the opportunity to view the exhibition.

As part of the celebration of Rutherford MOSI's team of Presenters created a costumed character performance to bring his discoveries further to life for both general visitors and schools groups. During the time of the exhibition the show was presented on ten occasions, including three times to secondary school groups and twice during Manchester Science Festival.

Winton Capital Management is one of the largest and most successful alternative investment managers in the world. The company uses advanced mathematical, statistical and computational techniques to create and develop profitable trading strategies across global financial markets.  Winton was founded by David Harding in 1997 with an absolute commitment to scientific research, a belief which still remains at its very core. The company now employs over 230 people, including 100 scientific researchers with PhDs and Masters Degrees in disciplines ranging from physics to climatology, at specialist campuses in Oxford, London and Hong Kong.