Famous Scientists 88-100

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An American mathematician who calculated and analyzed the flight paths of many spacecraft during her more than three decades.

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Who was Katherine Johnson?

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Defining the law of conservation of mass, which helped shape atomic theory.

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What is Antoine Lavoisier known for?

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch microbiologist who discovered protists and bacteria.

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Who is acknowledged as the father of microbiology?

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Creating a system of naming plants and animals known as the binomial system.

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What is Carl Linnaeus famous for?

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He proposed that light is an undulation in the same medium that is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena.

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What did James Clerk Maxwell propose about light?

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She helped discover the radioactive element protactinium and was the first to describe and coin the term 'nuclear fission'.

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What did Lise Meitner contribute to physics?

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Her work in mathematical physics, especially Noether's theorem, which relates symmetries in the universe to mathematical conservation laws.

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What is Emmy Noether famous for?

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He discovered that electric current in a wire can deflect a magnetized compass needle.

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What did Hans Christian Ørsted discover?

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Ohm's law, Ohm's torsion balance, and Ohm's acoustic law. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1841.

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What are some of Georg Ohm's contributions?

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Originating the quantum theory, which revolutionized our understanding of atomic and subatomic processes.

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What is Max Planck known for?