I created one of the first periodic tables while riding on a train
Dmitri Mendeleev
I discovered that atoms. They have weight and are the building blocks of all matter
John Dalton
I discovered the number of protons in an atom increases by one as each element is added to the periodic table
Henry Mosley
I’m the father of electrolysis
Sir Humphrey Davy
I discovered the nucleus and was a professor to many other chemists.
Ernest Rutherford
I discovered X-rays
Wilheim Rontgen
I discovered the Law of Definite Proportions (the predicable ratio of atom combinations).
Joseph Proust
I discovered radioactivity
Marie Curie (among with her husband Pierre)
I discovered neutrons
James Chadwick
I’m considered the father of chemistry. I created the law which states that the pressure of a gas increases as its volume decreases.
Robert Boyle
I am responsible for many discoveries about electricity
Michael Faraday
I discovered quantum mechanics
Max Plank
I am also considered the father of chemistry. I discovered conservation of matter: you can‘t create or destroy matter.
Antoinette Lavoisier
I discovered the electron using the cathode ray tube.
JJ Thompson