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Democritus
Democritus of Abdera is best known for his atomic theory but he was also an excellent geometer. Very little is known of his life but we know that Leucippus was his teacher.Democritus certainly visited Athens when he was a young and Leucippus taught him stuff in Athens when he was there. -
John Dalton
He was known for these things.
Atomic theory, Law of Multiple Proportions, Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures, Daltonism. He was also known for his famous atomic theory and was an asset to the understanding of the atom. -
The Dalton Discovery
In 1800, Dalton became a secretary of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, and in the following year he orally presented an important series of papers, entitled "Experimental Essays" on the constitution of mixed gases; on the pressure of steam and other vapours at different temperatures, both in a vacuum and in air; on evaporation; and on the thermal expansion of gases. These four essays were published in the Memoirs of the Lit & Phil in 1802. The second of these essays opens wit -
Joseph John Thompson's Birth
Joseph John Thompson was born on December 18th, 1856. Later on, he would be known for his contributions to Science and the Atomic Theory. -
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM, FRS (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics.He is considered the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday (1791–1867).In early work he discovered the concept of radioactive half-life, proved that radioactivity involved the transmutation of one chemical element to another, and also differentiated and named alpha and beta radiation. -
Niel Bohr is born
This Scientist will be known to have discovered the BKS theory. -
World War I begins
World War I begins -
World War II Begins (in Europe)
Hitler invades Poland, Great Britain's ally. -
Joseph John Thompson dies
One of the greatest scientists of all time, Joseph John Thompson, dies -
Niels Bohr goes to the US
In September 1943, reliable word reached Bohr about his imminent arrest by the German police; the Danish resistance quickly managed to help Bohr and his wife escape by sea to Sweden. Soon after, Bohr was flown in a military aircraft to Britain. There he was introduced to the then-secret atomic bomb project. Eventually he was directed to the project's principal location in the United States of America.
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World War II Ends
World War II ends! -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Việt Nam) was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries.
