Scientists who were all about the ATOM!

Question 1

The "Uncertainty Principle" was my claim to fame; model: quantum mechanical model.

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Werner Heisenberg

Question 2

I discovered the radioactive elements polonium and radium. I won two Nobel Prizes!

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Marie Curie

Question 3

I discovered that electrons move around the nucleus in fixed orbits; model: "planetary model"

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Niels Bohr

Question 4

He proposed a mathematical equation for the modern model of the atom; electron cloud model

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Erwin Schrodinger

Question 5

His 1909 oil drop experiment calculated the charge of the electron

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Robert Millikan

Question 6

Greek philosopher who believed all matter is made of tiny uncuttable particles called "atomos"

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Democritus

Question 7

I described universal gravitation and produced the three Laws of Motion.

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Sir Isaac Newton

Question 8

My quantum theory led to creation of quantum electrodynamics. I won the Nobel Prize in Physics

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Richard Feynman

Question 9

I discovered the nucleus & found that protons have a positive charge; "gold foil" experiment

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Ernest Rutherford

Question 10

I developed the theory of relativity & called the "Father of modern quantum physics"

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Albert Einstein

Question 11

I created the Periodic Table of Elements; called the "Father of the Periodic Table"

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Dmitri Mendeleev

Question 12

I discovered the electron using a cathode ray tube; model: "plum pudding model"

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J.J. Thomson

Question 13

I thought atoms were tiny hard spheres & atoms of a given element are identical.

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John Dalton

Question 14

I discovered the neutron in 1932 and found the missing mass of the atom's nucleus.

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James Chadwick

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