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Atomic Scientists
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anderson | discovered two elementary particles. Discovered positron. |
| Bohr | Molded the atom with electrons orbiting the nucleus. |
| De Broglie | Theorized that particles move in an wave like pattern. |
| Chadwick | Discovered the neutron. |
| Compton | found wave length by using x-rays. |
| Marie and Pierre Curie | radioactivity. |
| Dalton | first one to come up with the atomic theory. |
| Dirac | quantum electrodynamics. Electrons can change by jumping. |
| Einstein | Theory of relativity. |
| Heisenberg | Matrix mechanics |
| Fermi | Theory of beta decay. |
| Feynman & Schwinger | wave mechanics. |
| Frisch | atomic bomb |
| Geiger | measured the amount of radiation. Geiger Scale. |
| Gell-Mann and Zweig | dealt with quarks. |
| Hertz | measure waves. |
| Joilet-Curie | radioactive isotopes. |
| Lavoisier | acids contain oxygen |
| Marsden | NMR. |
| Meitner/Hahn/Strassman | discovered nuclear fission. Splitting the atom. |
| Pauli | dealt with how electrons spin. |
| Planck | originator on quantum mechanics |
| Proust | law of definite proportions. |
| Rutherford | discovered the proton and nucleus. |
| Schrodinger | the father of quantum mechanics. |
| Thomson | came up with the plum pudding model. ` |
| Young | wave theory of light. |