Scientists Flashcards by Peggy Long

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Father of atom bomb (Manhattan Project)

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Robert Oppenheimer

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Father of American hydrogen bomb

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Edward Teller

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Father of nuclear submarine

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Hyman Rickover

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English father of modern chemistry

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Robert Boyle

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French father of modern chemistry

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Antoine Lavoisier

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Father of Soviet hydrogen bomb

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Andrei Sakharov (Russian)

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Father of rocketry

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Robert Goddard (American)

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Saturn Five rocket developer

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Werner von Braun (German-American)

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Astronomer with metal nose

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Tycho Brahe (Danish)

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Second English Astronomer Royal

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Sir Edmund Halley

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He proposed heliocentric solar system

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Copernicus (Polish)

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He proved yellow fever was caused by mosquitos

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Walter Reed (American)

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Monk who discovered the principles of genetics

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Gregor Mendel (Russian)

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He developed theory of conditioned reflex

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Ivan Pavlov (Russian)

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He discovered the laws of electrical resistance

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Georg Ohm (German)

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He discovered electromagnetic waves

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Heinrich Hertz (German)

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He discovered the structure of the atom

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Niels Bohr (Danish)

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He established the Periodic Table of Elements

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Dimitri Mendeleyev (Russian)

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He discovered the properties of hydrogen

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Henry Cavendish (English)

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Scientist who discovered sodium and potassium

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Sir Humphry Davy (English)

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Physicist who discovered radioactive elements

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Enrico Fermi (Italian)

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Scientist of optics and geometry

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René Descartes (French)

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He established quantum theory of radiation

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Max Planck (German)

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He first learned of fermentation

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Louis Pasteur (French)

He proposed theory of expanding universe

Edwin Hubble (American)