General Science Finals

Isaac Newton

explained the laws of motion and gravity, made major contributions to the study of light and color

Humphry Davy

used electrolysis to isolate elements such as sodium and potassium

Kanada

an ancient Indian philosopher who proposed that matter is composed of tiny particles called anu or atom

John Dalton

formulated the Law of Multiple Proportions and explained chemical reactions as the rearrangement of atoms

Albert Einstein

explained the photoelectric effect and established the mass-energy equivalence equation, e = mc²

Linus Pauling

advanced the understanding of chemical bonding, molecular structure, and electronegativity

James Chadwick

discovered the neutron in 1932, contributing to the understanding of atomic structure

J.J Thompson

discovered the electron through cathode-ray experiments and proposed the plum ponding model of the atom

Niels Bohr

proposed an atomic model in which electrons occupy specific energy levels around the nucleus

Robert Boyle

formulated Boyle’s Law, which explains the inverse relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas

Marie and Pierre Curie

conducted pioneering research on radioactivity and discovered the elements polonium and radium

John Dalton

developed the modern Atomic Theory

Paracelsus

promoted the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine

Dmitri Mendeleev

developed the Periodic Table of Elements

Paracelsus

emphasized the effects of substance depends on its dose

Jons Jacob Berzelius

developed modern chemical symbols and helped determine the atomic masses of elements

James Watson and Francis Crick

proposed the double-helix model of DNA