Chapter 2, Problem 2.12P

2-12 The elements game, Part 1. Name and give the symbol of the element that is named for each person.

(a) Niels Bohr (1885—1962), Nobel Prize for physics in 1922

(b) Pierre and Marie Curie, Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1903

(c) Albert Einstein (1879—1955), Nobel Prize for physics in 1921

(d) Enrico Fermi (1901—1954), Nobel Prize for physics in 1938

(e) Ernest Lawrence (1901—1958), Nobel Prize for physics in 1939

(f) Lise Meitner (1868—1968, codiscoverer of nuclear fission

(g) Dmitri Mendeleyev (1834—1907), first person to formulate a workable Periodic Table

h) Alfred Nobel (1833—1896), discoverer of dynamite

(i) Ernest Rutherford (1871—1937), Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1908

(j) Glen Seaborg (1912—1999), Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1951