1938 ⟶ Discovery of Nuclear Fission

Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann: Nuclear fissio...
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☢️ Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Creates First X-ray Image

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen invented the first radiograph (X-ray).⟶
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Creates First X-ray Image (1895)
Medical ImagingPhysicsDiscovery
GermanyGermany

💡 Max Planck Explains Blackbody Radiation

Max Planck: explains the emission spectrum of a black body⟶
Max Planck Explains Blackbody Radiation (1900)
PhysicsQuantum MechanicsTheoretical PhysicsScientific RevolutionEnergyElectromagnetism
GermanyGermany

⚛️ Pauli Formulates Exclusion Principle

Wolfgang Pauli: quantum Pauli exclusion principle⟶
Pauli Formulates Exclusion Principle (1924)
PhysicsQuantum MechanicsAtomic PhysicsTheoretical PhysicsScientific RevolutionModern Physics
GermanyGermany

⚛️ Heisenberg Formulates Uncertainty Principle

Werner Heisenberg: Uncertainty principle (Quantum mechanics)⟶
Heisenberg Formulates Uncertainty Principle (1927)
PhysicsQuantum MechanicsTheoretical PhysicsScientific Revolution
GermanyGermany

⚛️ Discovery of Nuclear Fission

Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann: Nuclear fission of heavy nuclei⟶
Discovery of Nuclear Fission (1938)
Nuclear PhysicsPhysicsWorld War IIEnergyAtomic Bomb
GermanyGermany

⚛️ Nuclear Fission Discovered

Nuclear fission discovered in experiment by chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann and physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch. The German nuclear energy project was based on this research. The Tube Alloys project and, subsequently, the Manhattan Project and the Soviet atomic bomb project were influenced by this research.⟶
Nuclear Fission Discovered (1938)
Nuclear PhysicsWorld War IICold WarManhattan ProjectScientific Breakthrough
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