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The Entire History Of Particle Physics (mostly...)

  • John Dalton

    John Dalton

    Development of the Atomic Theory
  • J.J.Thomson

    J.J.Thomson

    Discovered the electron
  • Ernest Rutherford

    Ernest Rutherford

    Proved the existence of the proton
  • Gilbert Newton Lewis

    Gilbert Newton Lewis

    Introduced the name of photons
  • James Chadwick

    James Chadwick

    Discovered the neutron
  • Carl D. Anderson

    Carl D. Anderson

    Discovery of muon (along with Seth Neddermeyer)
  • Lise Meitner

    Lise Meitner

    Discovery of Nuclear Fission
  • Hans Bethe

    Hans Bethe

    Discovery of Nuclear Fusion
  • Otto Han

    Otto Han

    Proved the existence of nuclear fusion with experiments
  • Fred Reines

    Fred Reines

    Discovered neutrinos
  • James Cronin

    James Cronin

    Discovered CP violation (along with Val Fitch)
  • Abraham Pais

    Abraham Pais

    Introduced the baryon
  • Murray Gell-Mann

    Murray Gell-Mann

    Introduced quarks (along with George Zweig)