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Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo
Discovered that Venus has phases like the moon, ranging from a thin crescent to full.
Discovered the rings of Saturn, although he found their appearance very confusing.
Discovered our moon has mountains. -
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Newton
The Laws of Motion. -
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Michael Faraday
Faraday invented the electric motor with a magnet and a wire. He always made the first generator. He discovered two chlorides of carbon and discovered benzene. -
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James Clerk Maxwell
ne of his most famous accomplishments was the derivation of equations linking electricity and magnetism ("Maxwell's Equations"), which eventually led to the development of quantum physics in the early 1900's and to Einstein's general theory of relativity. -
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Niels Henrik David Bohr
Bohr is best known for his investigations of the atomic structure and also for his work on radiation, for which he won the Nobel Prize in 1922. Bohr's view of quantum theory was the theory that was eventually accepted. -
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Marie Curie
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Ernest Rutherford
He discovered that Atoms are not independent and are controlled by a nucleus. He also split the the first atom, -
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Albert Einstein
Einstein showed that absolute time had to be replaced by a new absolute: the speed of light. Einstein went against the grain and totally dismissed the "Old Physics." He also asserted the equivalance of mass and enegry. -
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Richard Feynman
He aided in the Manhattan project, building the atomic bomb.