
J. J. Thomson
Physicist 1856-1940
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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
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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
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born in London
was a chemist and physicist
the discovery of thallium and research in cathode rays

(Abdi)Dmitri Mendeleev

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Question: What did Mendeleev create and how did he do it?
Answer: He created the Periodic Table of the Elements and he did by categorizing elements with similar properties

John Dalton
1766 – 1844
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was an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist
He was the first to study color blindness
development of modern atomic theory(Dalton Law)

(Abdi)Marie and Pierre Curie

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Question: What did they discover?
Answer: As they were working on radioactivity they discovered the element Polonium

(Abdi)Irene Joliot, Frederic Curie

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Question: What experiment did they do and what was did it make?
Answer: They bombarded beryllium with alpha particles, a beam was formed and they thought it was gamma rays but it was actually neutrons

(Abdi)Ernest Rutherford

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Question: Name the three kinds of emissions/particles he discovered and what type of experiment did he use to find them.
Answer:Alpha particles, Beta particles, and Gamma Rays.
The Gold Foil Experiment

(Abdi)James Chadwick

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Question: Name what Chadwick Identified
Answer: He Identified the Neutron