HSC Scientists

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All scientists in the HSC Physics syllabus.
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HSC Scientists
  1. Galileo
    1. Analysed projectile motion
      1. Parabolic motion
        1. Seperate vertical and horizontal component
        2. Kepler
          1. Kepler's law of periods
            1. Heliocentric model proven
              1. Orbits were elliptical
                1. Orbits could could be analysed and predicted
                2. Newton
                  1. Laws of motion
                    1. Universal law of gravitation
                      1. Full understanding and analysis of motion
                        1. Understanding of motion of celestial bodies
                        2. Michelson and Morley
                          1. Relative speed of earth through the Aether
                            1. Experiment
                              1. Null result fuelled scepticism for Aether model
                              2. Einstein
                                1. Special relativity
                                  1. C is constant, time and space are relative
                                    1. E = m c^2
                                      1. Energy and mass equivalent
                                      2. C is universal speed limit
                                        1. Length, time and mass dilation
                                        2. Explanation of photoelectric effect
                                          1. Wave - particle duality of light
                                            1. De Broglie's theory's
                                              1. Photo and solar cell development
                                            2. Faraday
                                              1. Electromagnetic induction
                                                1. Change in magnetic flux in conductor creates produces EMF
                                                  1. Electricity / electric motors/generators
                                                2. Lenz
                                                  1. Lenz's Law
                                                    1. Induced currents flow in a direction that create a magnetic field that opposes the motion that cause the change in flux
                                                  2. J.J. Thompson
                                                    1. Discovered electron
                                                      1. Experiment
                                                        1. Cathode rays have rays
                                                          1. First insight into atomic structure
                                                          2. Hertz
                                                            1. Radio waves
                                                              1. Speed of light
                                                                1. Wireless technology
                                                                2. Experiment
                                                                  1. Light part of bigger spectrum
                                                                  2. Plank
                                                                    1. Quantised energy
                                                                      1. Solved UV catastrophe
                                                                    2. Rutherford
                                                                      1. Nucleus
                                                                        1. Dense, positive
                                                                          1. Mostly empty space
                                                                            1. Further insight atomic structure
                                                                            2. Experiment
                                                                            3. Braggs
                                                                              1. X-ray diffraction crystallography
                                                                                1. Arrangement of atoms in crystal
                                                                                  1. Sea of electrons
                                                                                  2. Experiment
                                                                                  3. Bohr
                                                                                    1. Bohr's postulates
                                                                                      1. Electrons only in fixed orbits (positions and energy), quantised, no radiation emitted.
                                                                                        1. Release/absorb energy when moving shells
                                                                                          1. Angular momentum is quantised
                                                                                        2. Davison and Germer
                                                                                          1. Proof of De Broglie
                                                                                          2. De Broglie
                                                                                            1. Wave-particle of matter
                                                                                              1. Only at quantum level
                                                                                              2. Stability of electron orbits
                                                                                              3. Heisenberg
                                                                                                1. Uncertainty principle
                                                                                                  1. Particle wave duality means impossible to know everything about any particle at any moment
                                                                                                2. Chadwick
                                                                                                  1. Discovered neutron
                                                                                                    1. Conservation of energy
                                                                                                    2. Pauli
                                                                                                      1. Exclusion principle
                                                                                                        1. No two electrons in an atom can have identical quantum numbers
                                                                                                        2. Neutrino/anti - neutrino
                                                                                                          1. Reason for varying energy levels in beta emissions
                                                                                                          2. Further standard model of matter
                                                                                                          3. Fermi
                                                                                                            1. Discovered fission
                                                                                                              1. Formed transuranic elements
                                                                                                                1. Controlled nuclear fission
                                                                                                                2. Bohr
                                                                                                                  1. Quanta to atomic model
                                                                                                                    1. Analysis
                                                                                                                      1. Electrons in certain orbits and energy levels, quantised and doesn't;t emit energy
                                                                                                                        1. When moving orbits, release or absorb quantum of energy
                                                                                                                          1. Angular motion is quantised, mvr = nh/2pi
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