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his father’s school. He progressed with ease, and, in 1875, at the age of 17, he passed his university entrance exams. After his high-school graduation, Christiaan chose to attend the Military Medical

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• Eijkman and Beri-Beri

with ease and passed his university-entrance exams in 1875, at the age of 17. After high-school graduation, Christiaan chose to attend the Military Medical School at the University of Amsterdam. The [...] this time, his wife became ill and died on January 8, 1886, at the age of 27. Through his connections at Koch’s laboratory, he met Cornelis Adrianus Pekelharing and Cornelis Winkler, who were both part [...] by scientific societies and health care commissions. In 1923, at age 65, Christiaan re- tired. Three years later, based on Eijkman’s trials and research into beriberi, B. C. P. Jaiisen and W. F. Do-

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Society of Edinburgh and retired. He died on 13 July 1794, at the age of 78, two years before his wife, and was buried in Porchester Church. Deservedly, he is widely regarded as the first modern clinical

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• Lind and scurvy

as his family called him, received his first science book at the age of ten, he was hooked; nevertheless, he still had to keep working at the farm chores. He was very studious and managed to obtain [...] was among the first few to earn this degree. By 1898, at the age of 27, with JJ’s help, Rutherford obtained his first job as professor at McGill Uni- versity in Montreal, Canada. Finally, he was [...] success that other scientists could only dream of—a Nobel Prize at age 37! Why, then, did he still have these nagging thoughts of dissatisfaction? “For all I have discovered, I still have no clue of what

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• Rutherford’s Nuclear Atom

like many children of his era, John had to work from the very early age. However, he finally had made it: Since a couple of years, or, to be more precise, since the year 1793, he finally had a position as [...] liked it to lecture, actually he had already begun to teach at the age of twelve in a local school. But he also loved science, and his new position offered him the opportunity to combine both his passions

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• Dalton and the atoms

like many children of his era, John had to work from the very early age. However, he finally had made it: Since a couple of years, or, to be more precise, since the year 1793, he finally had a position as [...] liked it to lecture, actually he had already begun to teach at the age of twelve in a local school. But he also loved science, and his new position offered him the opportunity to combine both his passions

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• Dalton and the atoms

and finally, in 1888, to Taranaki, also for flax milling. At the age of 10, Ernest read his first science book and started performing his first experiments. In 1887, Ernest won a scholarship to Nelson [...] academics. Ernest Rutherford died on October 19, 1937, at the age of 66. His remains were interred at West- minster Abbey in London. References: Campbell, J. (2011). Ernst Rutherford’s Path to the [...] was among the first few to earn this degree. By 1898, at the age of 27, with JJ’s help, Rutherford obtained his first job as professor at McGill Uni- versity in Montreal, Canada. Finally, he was

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• Rutherford’s Nuclear Atom

of many buildings in the city and also of manors nearby. At the age of 15, Otto enrolled the faculty of Art at the University of Leipzig. He interrupted this studies in 1619 because of the outbreak of

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• Guericke and vacuum

of many buildings in the city and also of manors nearby. At the age of 15, Otto enrolled the faculty of Art at the University of Leipzig. He interrupted this studies in 1619 because of the outbreak of

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• Guericke and vacuum

Sciences and Literature), he wrote about the achievements of the age he lived in: ‘Our 18th century has nothing to be ashamed of when it will pass its inventory of the acquired knowledge and designed

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• Lichtenberg and the electrophorus