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Traveling
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Traveling
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French Physicist |
| Becquerel discovered the radioactivity of uranium by accident. Searching for a connection between X rays (recently discovered by Roentgen) and phosphorescence, he placed a covered photographic plate next to a phosphorescent uranium salt. The plate became exposed even though it had an opaque cover and therefore was not subject to any light. Becquerel established that some of the radiation emitted by the uranium was deflected by a magnet, unlike X rays; also, the radiation was emitted by all uranium salts, whether phosphorescent or not. His discoveries led to the receipt of the Nobel Prize in physics for 1903 (shared with Marie and Pierre Curie). |
| NOBEL e-MUSEUM |
| Britannica Nobel Prizes |
| Web link #3 (put in descriptive title) |
Some Web Sources on the History of Atomic Scientists:
The
History of Chemistry 1992 Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute
Selected
Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry
Classic
Papers from the History of Chemistry (and Some Physics too)
Classic Chemistry
compiled by Carmen Giunta
History of Science
website by Charlesworth
Center for the History of Physics
Echo Exploring & Collecting
History Online
Atom:
The Incredible World: The History of Atomistics
Nobel Prize WebPage
Biographies
of Famous Chemists, University of Liverpool
University
of Pennsylvania Biographies
Chemistry:
A History
Famous
Scientists greatly who contributed to "electro" science: electricity, electromagnetism,
electrical
technology, electronics, electrical telegraphy, radio, electrochemistry,
electromedicine, etc.
Elements
and Atoms: Case Studies in the Development of Chemistry
| Full biographical information on Sacks' book Uncle Tungsten | Pages in Uncle Tungsten |
| Full biographical information on Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology | Pages in Asimov |
| Title of Biography #1 | Title of Biography #2 |
| Description of Site #1 | Address &/or Directions to Site #1 |
| Description of Site #2 | Address &/or Directions to Site #2 |
| Description of Site #3 | Address &/or Directions to Site #3 |
* see following Rodgers link to scientific/historical sites for further information.
(1) Taken from The Scientific Traveler, Charles Tanford and Jacqueline, John Wiley & Sons, NY (1992).
(2) Taken from A Travel Guide to Scientific Sites of the British Isles, Charles Tanford and Jacqueline Reynolds, John Wiley & Sons, NY (1995).
(3) Taken from Guide of Eurpoean Museums with collections on History of Chemistry, compiled by Jan W. van Spronsen, Federation of European Societies, Antwerp (1996)
Links to Dr. Rodgers' Scientific/Historical Sites
will be available here.
| Scientific Historical Traveling | Rodgers Home Page |