jan 1, 1896 - Discovery of Radiation
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Henri Bequerel conducted an experiment using uranium which led to the discovery of radioactivity. He saw the radiation released by the uranium shared properties with light and x-rays. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with his two students, Marie and Pierre Curie.
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Development and Discovery of Atomic Theory, the Periodic Table, and Radiation
Kelsey West
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