Name Dropping #19: Scientists #2 - Statistics

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Hint	Extra Hint	Answer	% Correct
Gregor	1822–1884. Founder of genetics	Mendel	84%
Neil deGrasse	b. 1958. Observations in cosmology, stellar evolution, galactic astronomy, bulges, and stellar formation; celebrity science communicator	Tyson	84%
Nicolaus	1473–1543. Heliocentric; quantity theory of money	Copernicus	82%
Max	1858–1947. Quantum theory	Planck	76%
Amedeo	1776–1856. Hypothesized that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules; differentiated between atoms and molecules	Avogadro	74%
Edwin	1889–1953. Discovery of nebulae outside the Milky Way galaxy; discovery of the asteroid 1373 Cincinnati; proved the universe is expanding	Hubble	74%
Wilhelm	1845–1923. Discovery of X-rays; electroactive polymer; magnetoelectric effect	Röntgen	74%
Leonhard	1707–1783. Mathematical notation; complex analysis; number theory; graph theory and topology; applied mathematics	Euler	72%
Enrico	1901–1954. Created the world's first artificial nuclear reactor	Fermi	72%
Alessandro	1745–1827. Discovery of methane; voltage; voltmeter	Volta	72%
Heinrich	1857–1894. Electromagnetic waves, cathode rays, photoelectric effect	Hertz	70%
Antoine	1743–1794. Acids and bases; combustion; calorimetry; carbon cycle; elemental analysis; gasometer; identified oxygen; identified hydrogen; redox reactions	Lavoisier	70%
Carl	1707–1778. Binomial nomenclature; taxonomy of living creatures	Linnaeus	70%
George Washington	c. 1864–1943. Agricultural science: crop rotation, discovered or developed hundreds of practical uses for peanuts, soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes	Carver	68%
Ernest	1871–1937. Discoveries of alpha and beta radiation, the atomic nucleus, protons, and radon	Rutherford	68%
Rachel	1907–1964. Marine biology, conservation, study of the effects of pesticides; author of Silent Spring and other works	Carson	62%
Robert	1627–1691. Hypothesized that the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure when temperature is constant	Boyle	60%
Henri	1852–1908. Discovery of radioactivity	Becquerel	58%
Charles-Augustin	1736–1806. Torsion balance; elasticity of wire	de Coulomb	58%
J. J.	1856–1940. Discovery of electrons; discovery of stable isotopes; electromagnetic mass	Thomson	56%
André-Marie	1775–1836. Discovery of fluorine; electromagnetism	Ampère	52%
Antonie	1632–1723. First acknowledged microscopist and microbiologist; microscopic discovery of microorganisms	van Leeuwenhoek	52%
Robert	1635–1703. Discovery of cells; Balance spring, conical pendulum, constant force escapement	Hooke	48%
Lise	1878–1968. Discovery of nuclear fission	Meitner	46%
James	1891–1974. Discovery of the neutron; Manhattan Project	Chadwick	44%

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