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Heisenberg
E. RUTHERFORD
J. DALTON
EMPEDOCLES

ALCHEMIST

PRIESTLY
PLATO

ROBERT BOYLE

J. CHADWICK
J.J. THOMSON
DEMOCRITUS

ANAXAGORA

NEIL BOHR
ARISTOTLE

LAVOISIER
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earth,
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