Me: Moseley's Law?
Henry: Yes. A theory becomes a law when it gets tested beyond disproof. He proved the atomic number using X-rays.
Me: How come Moseley never got the Nobel Prize like you did?
Henry: He was killed--took a Turkish bullet in the head at Gallipoli in 1915--the same year I was born.
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Henry Moseley (1887-1915) |
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