Frederick Soddy
1877-1956
British Chemist and Political Economist
One of the early pioneers of radiochemistry, Frederick Soddy won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his theory of chemical isotope...
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The English chemist Frederick Soddy (1877-1956) shared in the discoveries of atomic disintegration and of helium production during radioactive decay and introduced the term "isotope" to nuclear scienc...
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Frederick Soddy's major contribution to science was his discovery of the existence of isotopes in 1913, an accomplishment for which he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in chemistry. That discovery cam...
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Much of the mystery surrounding the discovery of radioactivity in 1896 was eventually cleared up as the result of Soddy's research. He was born in Eastbourne, England, on September 2, 1877 and attende...
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