Great Scientists

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 Who was it?

Born in South Dakota, 1901

Made vital contributions to atomic bomb
Invented cyclotron that accelerated
particles to high velocity without high
voltage, used to make new elements
Developed e/m ratio of electron
Liked Lawrys seasoned salt
 Ernest Lawrence

1901-1958
Invented cyclotron,
1929
Accelerated particles to
bombard with atoms
Made new elements
Made anti-matter to
study
Won Nobel prize in
physics, 1939
 Who was it?

Born in Copenhagen in 1885

Researched structure of the atom
First to postulate that electrons travel
around nucleus of atom
Predicted splitting of uranium atoms
Gave lectures, never boring
 Niels Bohr

1885-1962
Known for the Bohr
model of the atom
Electrons travel
around nucleus in
restricted orbits
Won Nobel prize in
physics in 1922
 Who was it?

Born in Wrttemberg, Germany, 1879

Postulated light travels in individual
photons, 1905
Wrote special theory of relativity 1905
Wrote general theory of relativity 1916
E = mc2
 Albert Einstein

1879-1955
Postulated photons
travel in discreet energy
packets (individual
photons)
Theories of special and
general relativity
Nobel prize in physics,
1921
 Who was it?

Born 1852 in Paris

Discovered natural radiation in uranium
in 1896
Unit of radiation named after
1 disintigration/second = 1 Bq
Oh Henry!
 Henri Becquerel

1852-1908
Known for his
discovery of natural
radiation in uranium
Shared Nobel Prize
with the Curies in
1903
 Who was it?

Born in Rome, 1901

Contributed to early theory of beta decay and
neutrino
Demonstrated nuclear transformation with
neutrons in elements
Led experiment that performed first controlled
nuclear reaction
Very fair to me
 Enrico Fermi
1901-1954
Discovered neutrino
and neutron
activation
Work led to fission
and controlled
nuclear reaction
Nobel prize physics,
1938
 Who was it?

Born in Nelson, New Zealand, 1871

Discovered alpha and beta particles in
1898
Devised method of counting alpha
particles with H Geiger
Investigations of alpha scattering in
1910 led to the discovery of the nucleus
Knighted in 1914
 Sir Ernest Rutherford

1871-1937
Discovered alpha
and beta particles
Discovered nucleus
in 1910
Won Nobel prize in
chemistry, 1908
 Who was it?

Born Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany, 1879

Discovered radiothorium, radioactinum, and
mesothorium
Developed methods of separating radioactive
particles
Discovered fission by bombarding uranium
and thorium with neutrons, 1938 with
Strassman
Lets all give him a hand
 Otto Hahn

1879-1968
Discovered the process
of fission by
bombarding uranium
with neutrons (including
the chain reaction)
Won Nobel prize in
chemistry in 1944
 Who was it?

Born in Warsaw, 1867

Discovered radium and polonium and
developed means to separate it
Refused to patent work for money
Developed unit of radioactivity
1 Ci = 37,000,000,000 disintigrations/sec
There was no cure for her radiation
 Marie Curie

1867-1934
Known for her
discovering and
separating radium and
polonium
Shared Nobel prize in
physics, 1903 and full
prize in chemistry, 1911
(First to receive two
prizes)
 Who was it?
Born in 1978
Isolated protactinium with Otto Hahn in
1917
Worked with Hahn on behavior of beta
rays
Helped discover fission with Hahn and
Strassman
Meitnerium named after her (elm 109)
 Lise Meitner

1878-1968
Spent much of
career working with
Otto Hahn
Helped discover
fission with Hahn
and Strassman
Discovered elements
with Hahn
 Who was it?

Born in Lennep, Germany, 1845

Worked on thermal conductivity of
crystals
Discovered X-rays
Unit of radiation named after him for
dose (R)
He had the will to do it
 William Rentgen

1845-1923
Discovered x-rays in
a cathode tube
experiment
Won Nobel prize in
physics in 1901