Physics 1200 important people matching
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| Isaac Newton | Said light was made of particles.
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| Thomas Young | Showed that light is a wave.
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| R.D. Oldham | Studied earthquakes waves to show the earth had a liquid core.
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| Albert Einstein | Showed light is a particle through the photoelectric effect.
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| Heinrich Hertz | Unit of Frequency named after him
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| James Maxwell | Found variation in the strength of the electric and magnetic fields
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| Christian Doppler | Doppler effect- stretch waves as they move away and squish them as they move towards you
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| Wilhelm Roentgen | First to identify form of radiation : x-rays
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| Henri Becquerel | Discovered alpha particles as radiation
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| Marie Curie | Discovered alpha particles are coming from the nucleus.
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| James Chadwick | Discovered the nucleus contained neutral particles
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| Maria Mayer/ Hans Jensen | Both put forth independent theories of "nuclear shells"
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| Enrico Fermi | Started the 1st sustained fission reaction
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| Lise Meitner/ Irene Curie | Broke down uranium by adding neutron to its nucleus
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| Ida Noddack | Suggested uranium could break up but no one listened
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| Otto Hahn | Expert in spectroscopy and won the Nobel prize for fission
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| Frederic Joliot | Won a Nobel prize for showing elements can be made radioactive
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