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- 4. was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe.
- 5. British physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics
- 6. english chemist, physicist and meteorologist. He is best known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry
- 9. an American experimental physicist honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electric charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
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- 1. German physicist known for his work on electrical phenomena in gases and on cathode rays; he is also credited with discovering canal rays.
- 2. is a system consisting of a small, dense nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons—similar to the structure of the Solar System, but with attraction provided by electrostatic forces in place of gravity.
- 3. British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry in London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875
- 7. a British physicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics, credited with the discovery of the electron, the first subatomic particle to be discovered
- 8. made the discovery of the nuetron
