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Became the father of modern chemistry and established the Law of Conservation of Mass http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Lavoisier.html
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He identified the hereditary nature of red-green color blindness and was the first scientist to explain the behavior of atoms in terms of the measurement of weight http://www.biography.com/people/john-dalton-9265201
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Proved that the relative quantities of the elements that make up a chemical compound is constant, regardless of the component's source http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/480555/Joseph-Louis-Proust
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Discovery of the element thallium and for his cathode-ray studies, fundamental in the development of atomic physics. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/143944/Sir-William-Crookes
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Researche in cathode rays led to the discovery of the electron, and he pursued further innovations in atomic structure exploration http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1906/thomson-bio.html
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Helped discover polonium and radium and the development of X-rays http://www.biography.com/people/marie-curie-9263538
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Formulated an equation describing the blackbody spectrum and also developed equations. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1918/planck-bio.html
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Disvoered by JJ Thomson; added electron to atomic model
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Helped pioneer nuclear physics/ Made Rutherford model http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/ernestrutherford.html
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As a result of Ernest Rutherford's efforts to test Thomson's "plum pudding model" of the atom
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pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (the so-called Central Powers) against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan (the Allied Powers)
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ended in the defeat of the Central Powers
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Came up with a revolutionary theory on atomic structures and radiation emission http://www.biography.com/people/niels-bohr-21010897
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Developed the special and general theories of relativity http://www.biography.com/people/albert-einstein-9285408
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Did work on quantum theory. Research in cathode rays led to the discovery of the electron, and he pursued further innovations in atomic structure exploration http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1929/broglie-bio.html
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He devised a method to formulate quantum mechanics in terms of matrices. Considered as one of the most influential figures in nuclear physics, particle physics and quantum field theory http://www.famousscientists.org/werner-heisenberg/
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Proved that the neuron existed http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1935/chadwick-bio.html
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Contributed to scientific posterity the foundations of the study of wave mechanics, crucial to understanding the behavior of subatomic particles and light http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1933/schrodinger-facts.html
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paved the way for the development of the atomic bomb
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Caused by Germany rising to power
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Dropping of atomic bombs
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Dropped twice in Japan, ending world war 2
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Known for his work on the electronic structure of atoms and molecules. He helped introduce the method of using molecular orbitals to determine the electronic structure of molecules and chemical bond formation. http://www.nndb.com/people/155/000099855/
