The discovery of radioactivity has been called the most dramatic scientific breakthrough of our time. From the initial experiments came an understanding of the inner workings of the atom and the establishment of a new science, nuclear physics. Though...

The French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) was the discoverer of natural radioactivity. Antoine Henri Becquerel was born in Paris on Dec. 15, 1852. Both his father, Alexandre Edmond Becquerel, and his grandfather, Antoine César...

Antoine-Henri Becquerel's landmark research on X rays and his discovery of radiation laid the foundation for many scientific advances of the early twentieth century. X rays were discovered in 1895 by the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen,...

French physicist Antoine-Henri Becquerel's landmark research on x rays and his discovery of radiation laid the foundation for many scientific advances of the early twentieth century. X rays were discovered in 1895 by the German physicist Wilhelm...

1852-1908 French Physicist Henri Becquerel had already established himself as a respected French physicist when his discovery of radioactivity, in 1896, catapulted him into the ranks of the world's leading scientists. Although the discovery was...

Antoine Henri Becquerel (December 15, 1852 ; August 25, 1908) was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and one of the discoverers of radioactivity. He won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering...