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Earliest Greek philosopher to develop the atomic theory. Idea that everything is composed entirely of various imperishable
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Thought of first atomic theory.
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Everything is made up of earth, fire, water, air.
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Was a Swiss physician, alchemist, and astrologer.
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German mineralogist and metallurgist. Known as the "father of mineralogy."
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The medieval forerunner of chemistry, based on the supposed transformation of matter.
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Robert Boyle was a natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. He is known as the first modern chemist.
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Law of Conservation of Mass. Was a meticulous experimenter.
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Law of definite proportion- masses of one element that combine with a fixed mass of another element while forming a compound with small whole number ratios.
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Proved the first atomic theory.
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Berzelius was a Swedish chemist. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern chemistry.
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Was a French chemist and physicist. He is known for his discovery of pressure and temperature, his two laws related to gases, and for his work alcohol-water mixtures.
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Was an Italian scientist that was noted for his contribution to the molecular theory.
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Experimented with the Crookes tube. He was Crookes student.
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Becquerel was a French physicist and the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity.
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An American experimental physicist. He was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for the measurement of the elementary electric charge and his work on photoelectric effect.
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A British physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics.
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A German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Peace Prize in physics in 1918.
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A Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atmoic structure and quantam theory.
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An American physicist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1927 for his discovery of the Compton effect in 1923. The Compton effect demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation.
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A French physicist who made groundbreaking contributions to the quantum theory.
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A German theoretical physicist and one of the key pioneers of quantam mechanics.
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A Noble Peace Prize-winning Austrian physicist who developed a number of fundamental results in the filed of quantum theory.
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British physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize in physics for his discovery on the neutron in 1932.
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An American physicist who received the 1969 Nobel Peace Prize in physics for his work on the theory of elementsry particles.
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An Italian particle physicist and inventor who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his work leading to the discovery of the W and Z particles.
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A British theoretical physicist that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the mass of subatomic particles.
