Question Card 1 (Becquerel)
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For what discovery did Becquerel win the Nobel Prize in Physics? Why was this discovery considered accidental?
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Werner Heisenberg
Physicist
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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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Niels Bohr
Physicist
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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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Dmitri Mendeleev
Physicist, Chemist
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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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Robert Millikan
Physicist
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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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Henri Becquerel
Physicist, Chemist
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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
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Pierre Curie
Physicist
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French
Awards: Davy Medal (1903), Nobel Prize in Physics (1903), Matteucci Medal (1904), Elliott Cresson Medal (1909)
Helped pioneer research on radioactivity
Won nobel prize in physics with his wife, Marie Curie, and Henri Becquerel
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Marie Curie
Physicist, Chemist
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Polish, lived in France
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1903), Davy Medal (1903), Matteucci Medal (1904), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911)
Discovered polonium and radium
Pioneered research on radioactivity
Found a way to isolate radioactive isotopes
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Frederic Joliot-Curie
Physicist
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French
Awards: Nobel prize for chemistry 1935, hughes medal 1947, ForMemRS 1946
Discovered artificial radioactivity with his wife
Assistant to marie curie
Husband to Irene Joliot-Curie
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