For what discovery did Becquerel win the Nobel Prize in Physics? Why was this discovery considered accidental?

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German
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1932)
Influenced the creation of Quantum mechanics
Made important contributions to the research on the atomic nucleus and subatomic particles
Also was influential in planning the first nuclear plant in Germany

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Danish
Contributed to the understanding of atomic structure
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1922)
Contributed to understanding quantum theory
Discovered that electrons behave like waves and not like particles

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Russian
Awards: Davy Medal (1882), ForMemRS (1892)
Helped formulate the periodic table
One of the first to discover that some atoms of the same element could have different weights-being isotopes

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American
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics(1923), Hughes Medal (1923), Matteucci Medal (1925), ASME Medal (1926), Franklin Medal (1937), Oersted Medal (1940), Medal for Merit (1949)
Used the Oil drop experiment to discover the charge of an electron

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French
Awards: Rumford Medal (1900), Nobel Prize in Physics (1903), Barnard Medal (1905)
Credited with the discovery of radioactivity
Received the nobel prize in physics in 1903 with pierre and marie curie
Taught marie curie