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