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Scientists A-Hertz for midterm

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Described a frequency shift when there is relative motion between the source and the observer   Doppler, Christian  
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Described an electron being differentiated by a crystal of Nickel   Davisson, Clinton J.  
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In 1957, he was greatly involved in the microscopic theory of superconductivity. BCS theory.   Bardeen, John  
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1798, Determined the value of "G"   Cavendish, Henry  
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1785, determined the inverse square law for electric force   Coulomb, Charles  
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Determined that all matter may have wave and particle properties, dual nature of matter.   deBroglie, Louis  
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Antielectron, Positron   Anderson, Carl  
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Named Physics, which is Greek for nature, motion is the basis of Physics   Aristotle  
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In the late 1800's discovered radioactive Polonium and Radium   Curie, Marie and Pierre  
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1500's, observed planets and stars   Brahe, Tycho  
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When a photon and resting electron collide, energy and frequency of the scattered photon are decreased and wavelength is increased   Compton, Arthur  
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Before Copernicus, he theorized that Earth revolved around the Sun   Aristarchus  
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1981, scanning tunneling microscope   Binnig, Gerd  
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1926, Finding a particle at a particular location, quantum mechanics   Born, Max  
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Developed the model of the Hydrogen atom and stated that electrons are never between orbits, only on them   Bohr, Niels  
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Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun in perfect circles   Copernicus, Nicolaus  
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Theory of general relativity   Einsten, Albert  
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1920's, developed a version of quantum mechanics but suspected a problem existed, the antielectron   Dirac, Paul Adrian Maurice  
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1919, provided support for Einstein's Theory of Relativity, he offered that ligt from stars will bend near the sun   Eddington, Arthur S.  
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He was involved with Bardeen in the BCS theory   Cooper, Leon  
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Used first nuclear reactor in Chicago, neutrino   Fermi, Enrico  
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Falling objects   Galileo  
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1963, modeled hadrons being composed of 2-3 fundamental particles called quarks   Gell-Mann, Murray  
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Uncertainty principle, impossible to measure simultaneously a particles position and momentum   Heisenberg, Werner  
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Analyzing waves   Huygens, Christian  
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3 Laws of planetary motion   Kepler, Johannes  
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Generated and detected electromagnetic waves   Hertz, Heinrich  
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Gave the symbol 'p' to momentum   Leibniz, Gottfried  
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Contributed to the understanding of energy, heat, and electricity   Joule, James Prescott  
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1678, spring force   Hooke, Robert  
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Discovered that e- can be deflected by a Ni crystal   Germer, Lester  
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Under Rutherford's supervision he disproved Thomson's idea that e- were embedded with p+   Geiger, Hans  
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Speed of light, time dilation   Fizeau, Armand  
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Principle of electromagnetic induction   Faraday, Michael  
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