Statistics for Scientists on the Periodic Table

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HintAnswer% Correct
Best known for his mass-energy equivalence formula E = mc^2.Alberth Einstein (Einsteinium Es)
97%
Invented the theory of Radioactivity, discovered elements Polonium and Radium.Marie Curie (Curium Cm)
90%
Formulated the periodic table and predicted the discovery of then unknown elementsDmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (Mendelevium Md)
87%
Swedish Scientist who Invented Dynamite, then created a peace prizeAlfred Nobel (Nobelium No)
83%
Mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universeNicolaus Copernicus (Copernicium Cn)
74%
Create the model of the atom, described how when an electron jumps from one orbit to another with lower energy, a light quantum is emitted.Neils Bohr (Bohrium Bh)
72%
Discovered half-life, proved transmutation of elements. Differentiated and named Alpha and Beta radiation.Ernest Rutheford (Rutherfordium Rf)
70%
Described one of the four fundamental forces in nature 'weak interaction'. First to discover Fission.Enrico Fermi (Fermium Fm)
57%
Detected electromagnetic radiation in X-Rays.Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (Roentgenium Rg)
55%
Invented the Cyclotron. Known for his work on uranium-isotope separation for the manhattan projectErnest Orlando Lawrence (Lawrencium Lr)
48%
Discovered 10 elements. Made contributions to the chemistry of Plutonium. Worked on manhattan project.Glenn Theodore Seaborg (Seaborgium Sg)
41%
Worked on the "Transuranium Elements",which led to nuclear fission.Lise Meitner (Meitnerium Mt)
30%
Played a leading role in the discovery of the heaviest elements in the periodic tableYuri Oganessian (Oganesson Og)
20%
Discovered a 'new earth' containing the first rare earth compound yttrium.Johan Gadolin (Gadolinium Gd)
13%
Discovered spontaneous fission. Discovered 2 transition metals.Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov (Flerovium Fl)
1%

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