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interpreted the experimental results in a famous paper, “The scattering of alpha and beta particles by matter and the structure of the atom.” In this paper Rutherford described and explained the experiments [...] mathematical analyses of Brownian motion. In fact, Einstein’s article was one of the three famous papers in his annus mirabilis, the other two concerning the photoelectric effect and the special theory [...] PH], almost as incredible, he would say, as if a fif- teen-inch shell fired at a piece of tissue paper bounced back and hit the gunner. That the military imagery and the incredulity are later fabrications

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• Maria Skłodowska-Curie: discoverer of two radioactive elements

were taken for a walk by the nanny, and Irene was sitting at her desk trying to finish a research paper. Recently, the political situation had developed quickly, and in some respects un- predictably. The [...] in their scientific research. This was the reason why Irene had to stay at her desk working on the paper instead of going into the laboratory where she would usually be at this time of the day. Out of the [...] exposed to α- radiation. Initially they had considered these particles to be protons, but then a paper by the English researcher Chadwick appeared in which those particles were characterized as being something

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• Joliot-Curie and artificial radioactivity

Wilson chamber. Between 1932 and 1934 the Joliot – Curies jointly published a number of important papers on the effect of alpha particles on various elements. In January 1934, Frédéric and Irene Joliot-Curie [...] Radioactivity in Sorbonne University. During 34 years of work, Irene published over 30 scientific papers, most of them she published together with her husband. In 1946 she wrote a monograph on radioactivity

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• Joliot-Curie and artificial radioactivity

Wilson chamber. Between 1932 and 1934 the Joliot – Curies jointly published a number of important papers on the effect of alpha particles on various elements. In January 1934, Frédéric and Irene Joliot-Curie [...] Radioactivity in Sorbonne University. During 34 years of work, Irene published over 30 scientific papers, most of them she published together with her husband. In 1946 she wrote a monograph on radioactivity [...] ki presented independently their mathematical analysis of Brownian mo- tion (actually Einstein’s paper was one of the three famous in his annum mirabilis, the other two dealt with the photoelectric effect

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• Joliot-Curie and artificial radioactivity

me- tabolism” (Funk 1912, p. 341). Funk stated that all but one of the diseases covered in his 1912 paper could be cured simply by adding a new class of organic sub- stances, which he called vitamins (short [...] listens and understands. - Yes, Sir! - Lind confirmed. He took out from his pocket a sheet of written paper and with enthusi- asm continued. – Due to which I have already mentioned, I will enrich their diet

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• Lind and scurvy

pre-selected or random teams of 2 to 4. 2. The teacher distributes to each team a sheet of poster paper or large sheet of newsprint with a unique heading and enough same-coloured pens for each member. Pen [...] instead of the Gallery Walk. 7. Students may be asked to write any questions that come to mind on paper. These questions may be grouped and summarized by the teacher in order to initiate a class discussion

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• Rumford and nutrition

was so large that the weights went down very slowly, actu- ally they were slower than a piece of paper was falling. Winding them up again however was hard work, way too tough for James who had a weak health

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• The hard work of experimenting James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.

journal to publish it. It first appeared in a local Manchester newspaper. Finally he published a paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society describing the first of the epon- ymous laws which predicts [...] impressive that his provincial origins were forgiven, and by the late 1840’s he was regularly presenting papers to the British Associa- tion and the Royal Society. 2 Biography: James Prescott Joule Storytelling

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• The hard work of experimenting James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.

pushed himself to excel above his classmates, winning a medal for his paper, “An Essay on the Figure of the Earth” and began to publish papers at the age of fifteen. However, despite being academically inclined [...] Thomson’s came about after listening to James Prescott Joule read a paper during a meeting of the British Association in 1847. In this paper, Joule discussed the experiments he had performed in his brewery [...] William, Baron Kelvin of Largs, achieved a monumental work in his lifetime, publishing 661 scientific papers and achieving 75 patents. He had a key role in the successful laying of the first transatlantic

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• The hard work of experimenting James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.

the mechanical work and the heat is achieved, by the progress of science. 6. Locate, based on the papers were published by Joule, the prevailing scientific views about the heat. 7. Describe how the scientific

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• Scientific Partnership; James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.
• The hard work of experimenting James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.