The Birth of Modern Physics
The 1890s
1895 Roentgen X-‐Rays
1896 Becquerel Radioac:vity
1897 Thomson The Electron
1895 Roentgen X-‐Rays
1896 Becquerel Radioac:vity
1897 Thomson The Electron
1900 Planck Blackbody Radia:on
1895 Roentgen X-‐Rays
1896 Becquerel Radioac:vity
1897 Thomson The Electron
1900 Planck Blackbody Radia:on
Rela:vity
Brownian Mo:on 1905 Einstein
Photoelectric Effect
E = mc2
1895 Roentgen X-‐Rays
1896 Becquerel Radioac:vity
1897 Thomson The Electron
1900 Planck Blackbody Radia:on
Rela:vity
Brownian Mo:on 1905 Einstein
Photoelectric Effect
E = mc2
1912 Rutherford Rutherford ScaLering
1895 Roentgen X-‐Rays
1896 Becquerel Radioac:vity Atomic Physics
1897 Thomson The Electron
1900 Planck Blackbody Radia:on Quantum Physics
Rela:vity
Brownian Mo:on 1905 Einstein Rela3vity
Photoelectric Effect
E = mc2
Nuclear Physics & High Energy Physics
1912 Rutherford Rutherford ScaLering
• J.J. Thomson discovered that cathode rayswere:-
A. very heavy positively charged particles
B. very light positively charged particles
C. very heavy negatively charged particles
D. very light negatively charged particles
E. massless electromagnetic radiation
Quickuiz
• J.J. Thomson discovered that cathode rayswere:-
A. very heavy positively charged particles
B. very light positively charged particles
C. very heavy negatively charged particles
D. very light negatively charged particles
E. massless electromagnetic radiation
Quickuiz
• Wihelm Roentgen discovered X-rays thatwere found to be:-
A. very heavy positively charged particles
B. very light positively charged particles
C. very heavy negatively charged particles
D. very light negatively charged particles
E. massless electromagnetic radiation
Quickuiz
• Wihelm Roentgen discovered X-rays thatwere found to be:-
A. very heavy positively charged particles
B. very light positively charged particles
C. very heavy negatively charged particles
D. very light negatively charged particles
E. massless electromagnetic radiation
Quickuiz
An increase in the voltage of an X-ray tuberesults in some X-rays of:-
A. a higher velocity
B. a longer wavelength
C. a lower velocity
D. a shorter wavelength
E. a lower frequency
Quickuiz
An increase in the voltage of an X-ray tuberesults in some X-rays of:-
A. a higher velocity
B. a longer wavelength
C. a lower velocity
D. a shorter wavelength
E. a lower frequency
Quickuiz
Ernest Rutherford and co-workers discoveredthat α rays were:-
A. very heavy positively charged particles
B. very light positively charged particles
C. very heavy negatively charged particles
D. very light negatively charged particles
E. massless electromagnetic radiation
Quickuiz
Ernest Rutherford and co-workers discoveredthat α rays were:-
A. very heavy positively charged particles
B. very light positively charged particles
C. very heavy negatively charged particles
D. very light negatively charged particles
E. massless electromagnetic radiation
Quickuiz
Transmutation of the elements is performedfrequently at the following location on theMSU campus:-
A. the Administration building
B. Biomedical Physical Sciences building
C. Spartan stadium
D. Breslin
E. the NSCL
Quickuiz
Transmutation of the elements is performedfrequently at the following location on theMSU campus:-
A. the Administration building
B. Biomedical Physical Sciences building
C. Spartan stadium
D. Breslin
E. the NSCL
Quickuiz
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
Top Related