Discoveries Flashcards by Bharathi Isaivanan | Brainscape

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Law of inertia and falling bodies

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Galileo (Italy)

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Telescope

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Hans Lippershey (Netherlands)

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Laws of planetary motion

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Kepler (Germany)

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Barometer

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Toricelli (Italy)

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Pressure cooker

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Dennis Papin (France)

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Laws of motion and gravitation

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Isaac Newton (England)

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Steam engine

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Thomas Newcomen (England)

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Mercury thermometer

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G. Fahrenheit (Germany)

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Condensing steam engine

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James Watt (Scotland)

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Electromagnet

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William Sturgeon (England)

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Dynamo and law of electromagnetic induction

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Michael Faraday (England)

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Refrigerator

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F. Caree (France)

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Internal combustion engine

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E. Lenoir (France)

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Telephone

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Graham Bell (Scotland)

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Electric transformer

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William Stanley (USA)

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Electromagnetic waves

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H. Hertz (Germany)

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Quantum statistics

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S.N. Bose (India)

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Scattering of light by molecules

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C.V. Raman (India)

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Cascade process in cosmic radiation

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Homi Jehangir Baba (India)

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Chandrashekar limit, structure and evolution of stars

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S. Chandrashekar (India)

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Ultra short radio waves

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J.C. Bose (India)

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Thermal ionization

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M.N. Saha (India)

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Triple helical structure of collagen

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G.N. Ramachandran (India)

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Electromagnetic theory, light is an electromagnetic wave

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James Clerk Maxwell (England)

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X-rays

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W.K. Roentgen (Germany)

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Law of photoelectricity and the theory of relativity

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Albert Einstein (Germany)

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Neutron

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James Chadwick (England)

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Theory of nuclear forces

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H. Yukawa (Japan)

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Unification of weak and electromagnetic forces

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Abdus Salam (Pakistan)

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Measurement of electronic charge

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R.A. Millikan (USA)

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Nuclear model of atom

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Ernest Rutherford (New Zealand)

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Quantum model of hydrogen atom

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Neils Bohr (Denmark)

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Wave theory of light

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Christian Huygens (Holland)

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Natural radioactivity

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Becquerel (France)

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Wireless telegraphy

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G. Marconi (Italy)

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Uncertainty principle and quantum mechanics

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Werner Heisenberg (Germany)

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Wave nature of matter

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Louis Victor de Broglie (France)

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Cyclotron

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Ernest Orlando Lawrence (USA)

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Transistor

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John Bardeen, W. Brattain, and W. Shockley (USA)

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Electronic computer

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J. Presper Eckert and John W. Maunchly (USA)

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Rocket (liquid fuel)

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Robert H. Goddard (USA)

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Television

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John Baird (Scotland)

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Electromagnetism

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H.C. Oersted (Denmark)

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Aeroplane

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W.D. Wright (USA)

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Quantum theory

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Max Planck (Germany)

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Radium

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Pierre and Marie Curie (France)

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Diesel engine

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Rudolf Diesel (Germany)

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Principle of buoyancy and lever

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Archimedes (Greece)

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Expanding universe

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Edwin Hubble (USA)