Yup, by doing the "Gold Foil Experiment" he found that most particles went straight through a sheet of gold foil, while only a very tiny percent was deflected. This meant that the atom was mostly space, it had a tiny solid core called a nucleus, the nucleus is positivley charged and he beleived that the electrons surrounded the nucleus like how planets orbit the sun. More.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.