Hantaro Nagaoka
Hantaro Nagaoka and how he helped the science of the atom.
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Hantaro Nagaoka was born on August 15, 1865 in Omera, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. He received a Bachelors degree in physics from University of Tokyo and then perused graduate studies in Japan.
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After studying in Japan Hantaro studied abroad in Vienna, Berlin, and Munich he attended the first International Congress of Physics in Paris. Nagaoka was very interested by the kinetic theory of gasses and work done about the stability of Saturn’s rings.
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These two interests helped him create his model of an atom, with a very large nucleus and electrons circulating it. Nagaoka did no tests to test his theory, but it was later tested by Ernest Rutherford. On December 11, 1950 Hantaro Nagaoka died and is now considered one of the best Japanese scientists.
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2 Responses to “Hantaro Nagaoka”
On September 14, 2009 at 5:03 am
What a man, I loves him.
On October 15, 2009 at 2:32 pm
yay this guy!
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