Scientists Flashcards by Sharon Boyd | Brainscape

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Father of Atom Bomb

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Robert Oppenheimer (Manhattan Project)

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Father of American Hydrogen Bomb

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Edward Teller

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Father of Nuclear Sub

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Hyman Rickover (American)

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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

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Father of Rocketry

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Robert Goddard (American)

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Saturn 5 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 Astromomer 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 (German Speaking Moravian)

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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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George 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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Neil Bohr (Danish)

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He established the periodic table of the 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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Rene 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)

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He Proposed Theory of Expanding Universe

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Edwin Hubble (American)