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jan 1, 1886 - Radioactivity Discovered

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In 1886 French physicist Antoine Becquerel first discovered radioactivity. Thomson student from New Zealand Ernest Rutherford named three types of radiation; alpha, beta and gamma rays. Marie and Pierre Curie started working on the radiation of uranium and thorium, and subsequently discovered radium and polonium. They discovered that beta particles were negatively charged.

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jan 1, 1886
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~ 139 years ago

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