Frédéric Joliot-Curie – A Life of Science and Conscience
Frédéric Joliot-Curie, husband of Irène Joliot-Curie, received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of induced radioactivity.
Frédéric Joliot-Curie, husband of Irène Joliot-Curie, received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of induced radioactivity.
Ernest Rutherford is most well known for his gold foil experiment which resulted in a new model for the structure of the atom.
John Cockcroft is best known for splitting the atomic nucleus with Ernest Walton, an achievement that earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951.
J. Robert Oppenheimer was pivotal to the Manhattan Project in his role as director. He oversaw the development of the world’s first nuclear weapon.
Werner Heisenberg is best known for the discovery of the uncertainty principle. He received a Nobel Prize in physics for his pioneering work on quantum mechanics.
Leona Woods was a pioneering American physicist who played a key role in the development of the first nuclear reactor and atomic bomb.
Chien-Shiung Wu conducted the first experimental test of parity violation in weak nuclear interactions, disproving a fundamental symmetry law in physics.
James Chadwick was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his discovery of the neutron, and was head of the British team supporting the Manhattan Project.
Hans Geiger is best known for his participation in Rutherford’s scattering experiments, and the invention of the detector used in Geiger-Müller counters.
Enrico Fermi was a brilliant physicist, best known for his development of the first artificial nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1.