Fall.2008.MMA.Dan.Taylor.Timeline

460 BC Democritus - "chosen of the people" thought of atoms and that they are indivisble units and that all things are made up of atoms of different elements.

1643-1725 - Isaac Newton Isaac Newton was a mathmatician, alchemist and had alot to do with astronomy. He publish a book in 1697 called the "Principia Mathematica" which is one of the most imprtant books in the history of science. Isaac Newton based alot of his studies on the law of motion and gravity. He is known to be the one who started mechanics with the principles of momentum d=mv and angluar momentum.

1766-1844 John Dalton - English Chemist best known for the Atomic Theory and his studies in color blindness.

1845-1923 Wilhem Roentgen - German Physicist best known for electromagnetics radiation and x rays. He discovered x-rays with the help of his wife who was the test subject. the results of the x-ray showed the bones in her hand and the metal ring which she was wearing. He got a Nobel Prize in pysics in 1901.

1852,1908, Henri Becquerel - French Physicist who did alot with radio activity and got nobel prize in pysics in 1903.

1885 1962 - Neils Bohr - Danish Physicist that helped with quantum mechanics and the atomic structure and got a Nobel Prize in 1922.

1871-1937 Ernest Rutherford - known for his Gold Foil Experiment and learning that atoms have a very dense nucleus. can be said to be the father of Nuclear phsyics <<<< Golf Foil Experiment

1867-1934 Marie Curie - worked in the field of radioactivity and discovered that uranium salts were giving off a radiation with a source of energy that wasnt from the sun. this was a huge break through and was the begiging of nuclear physics

1891-1974, James Chadwick - English physicist who discovered the neutron in his findings.

1879-1955 Albert Einstein - known for his equation E=mc^2. discovered photoelectric effect. he publish over 300 scientific works and can be said to be one of the best scientists ever born. although he was born in Germany he helped America durring ww2 with the manhattan project on developing a nuclear bomb.

1904-1967 Robert J. Openheimer "Father of the Atomic Bomb" best known working under the command of General Leslie R. Grives durring the Manhattan project at the second world war. His work with the bomb was mostly done in new mexico, but parts of the manhattan projects were conducted all around the country including Beverly Massachussetts. After the war Openheimer took over the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Although he did create a weapon of mass destruction his work was very important. He was not glad to have made a weapon that can kill thousands but he did what his country needed. "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." - Robert Openheimer