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| Best known for his mass-energy equivalence formula E = mc^2. | Alberth Einstein (Einsteinium Es) | 98%
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| Invented the theory of Radioactivity, discovered elements Polonium and Radium. | Marie Curie (Curium Cm) | 90%
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| Formulated the periodic table and predicted the discovery of then unknown elements | Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (Mendelevium Md) | 87%
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| Swedish Scientist who Invented Dynamite, then created a peace prize | Alfred Nobel (Nobelium No) | 84%
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| Mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe | Nicolaus Copernicus (Copernicium Cn) | 73%
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| Discovered half-life, proved transmutation of elements. Differentiated and named Alpha and Beta radiation. | Ernest Rutheford (Rutherfordium Rf) | 72%
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| Create the model of the atom, described how when an electron jumps from one orbit to another with lower energy, a light quantum is emitted. | Neils Bohr (Bohrium Bh) | 72%
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| Described one of the four fundamental forces in nature 'weak interaction'. First to discover Fission. | Enrico Fermi (Fermium Fm) | 58%
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| Detected electromagnetic radiation in X-Rays. | Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (Roentgenium Rg) | 55%
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| Invented the Cyclotron. Known for his work on uranium-isotope separation for the manhattan project | Ernest Orlando Lawrence (Lawrencium Lr) | 51%
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| Discovered 10 elements. Made contributions to the chemistry of Plutonium. Worked on manhattan project. | Glenn Theodore Seaborg (Seaborgium Sg) | 41%
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| Worked on the "Transuranium Elements",which led to nuclear fission. | Lise Meitner (Meitnerium Mt) | 35%
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| Played a leading role in the discovery of the heaviest elements in the periodic table | Yuri Oganessian (Oganesson Og) | 23%
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| Discovered a 'new earth' containing the first rare earth compound yttrium. | Johan Gadolin (Gadolinium Gd) | 13%
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| Discovered spontaneous fission. Discovered 2 transition metals. | Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov (Flerovium Fl) | 1%
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