James Chadwick
By: Saebrynne and Hailey
Who James was...
- He was an English physicist
- He helped in the second world war
- He was awarded the 1935 noble prize in physics
- He was born in October of 1891
- He died in July of 1974
- He started at a University in 1908 at age 17 by the time he was 19 he was in the final year of his physics degree
Where he worked...
- He started his research in a university between the ages of 17 and 19.
- At 19 he continued his research at Ernest Rutherford's laboratory.
- He continued his project after graduation in 1911 when he graduated with first class honors.
- His work in Rutherford's laboratory continued until the age of 21
- After that he had won a scholarship allowing him to go to Berlin, Germany to work in Hans Geiger’s laboratory
What he discovered...
- He discovered the neutron in 1932
- He wrote final draft MAUD report which inspired the government to research the atomic bomb