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12 Cards in this Set
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Invented the cyclotron.
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Ernest O. Lawrence
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Developed the equation that describes how mass can be converted to energy.
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Albert Einstein
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Discovered the natural radioactivity of uranium and thorium.
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Henri Becquerel
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Achieved the first nuclear fission chain reaction.
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Enrico Fermi
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Discovered Alpha, Beta, and Gamma rays, the nucleus of the atom, and the proton.
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Sir Ernest Rutherford
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Discovered X-rays
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Wilhelm C. Roentgen
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Discovered the "cathode rays' were really negatively charged atomic particles which he named electrons.
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J. J. Thomas
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Developed the " solar system" model of the atom.
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Niels Bohr
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Discovered radium.
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Marie Curie
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With co-worker Fritz Strassman, split the uranium atom, producing the first man made fission reaction.
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Otto Hahn
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With co-worker Otto Frisch, developed the theory of nuclear fission and explained how it releases so much energy.
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Lise Meitner
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Co-discoverer of plutonium.
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Glenn T. Seaborg
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