DIY Cards

John Dalton
Chemist 1766-1844
Parker POINTS
Home: United Kingdom
Awards: Royal Medal
Notable Students: James Prescott Joule
Quote: This paper will no doubt be found interesting by those who take an interest in it.

Discovery/Theory card
Development of Atomic Theory/Laws
Parker POINTS
Theory: The atom is the smallest particle of indivisible matter / Each element’s atoms are only identical to each other / Atoms of different elements combine in specific ratios to form compounds / In a chemical reaction, atoms are separated, rearranged, and recombined to form new compounds

Joseph John Thomson
1856–1940
Fontaine Chu, Krystal Xie and Ryan Yu POINTS
was an English physicist
discovered the electron in a high-vacuum cathode-ray tube
interpreted the deflection of the rays by electrically charged plates

J. J. Thomson
Physicist 1856-1940
Parker POINTS
Home: United Kingdom
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Royal Medal, Copley Medal, and several more
Notable Students: Rutherford, Oppenheimer, and many more
Quote: A scientific theory is a tool and not a creed

Antoine Henri Becquerel
1852-1908
Fontaine Chu, Krystal Xie and Ruan Yu POINTS
born in Paris, France
his field is nuclear physics
discovered radioactivity
craters on the Moon and Mars are named for him

William Crookes
1832-1919
Fontaine Chu, Krystal Xie and Ryan Yu POINTS
born in London
was a chemist and physicist
the discovery of thallium and research in cathode rays