Famous people Flashcards
Person who lived to be the oldest
Jeanne Calment (France) lived to be 122 years, 164 days.
What did Ernest Rutherford do?
Many things. He was a New Zealand born British physicist who was one of the greatest experimentalists. He:
•discovered radioactive half-live
•proved radioactivity involved transmutation of one chemical element into another
•differentiated and named alpha and beta radiation
•discovered and named the proton
•proved alpha radiation is helium nuclei
•theorized that atoms have a nucleus and are mostly empty otherwise
Who designed the architecture of the University of Virginia?
Thomas Jefferson
Who was John Emmet
Professor of Natural History at U. Virginia, who taught chemistry. Likely taught in a chemistry classroom recently discovered at U. Va inside the Rotunda during a remodeling effort. Noted for having suffered from mishaps with chemicals, like being burned by sulfuric acid because his assistant forgot to properly cork a bottle.
What is notable about the location of the library at the University of Virginia?
It contains the library, which is unusual because at the time, in other universities, these were put in chapels. “It really is the beginning of the teaching of science,” as one of the defining principles of a university rather than religion [Jody Lahendro, supervising the restoration]. “The Enlightenment, changing the viewpoint of the world.”
