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Lord Rayleigh
Lord Rayleigh was a British physicist who co-discovered the element argon…
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Hello. My name is John, but many people called me Lord Rayleigh. When I was a little boy, I loved to ask questions. I would look at the big world and wonder why things happened. Science was my favorite game. I had a special room called a laboratory, and it was my playground. It was a place where I could try to find the answers to all my big questions.
Have you ever looked up at the big sky and wondered why it is blue? I did. I studied the sunshine to find the answer. I discovered that sunshine holds all the colors of a rainbow. When sunlight shines through the air, the tiny bits in the air scatter the blue color everywhere. That is what paints the sky blue for us to see. I also found something new hiding in the air we breathe. It was a secret, invisible gas. I called my discovery Argon. It was so exciting to find something that was there all along.
I loved being a scientist and sharing what I learned. For my discoveries, I was given a very special award called the Nobel Prize in the year 1904. I lived to be 76 years old, and I never stopped being curious. Today, whenever you look up at the big, beautiful blue sky, you can think of me. Remember that asking questions is the best adventure of all.
Lord Rayleigh
Hello. My name is John, but many people called me Lord Rayleigh. When I was a little boy, I loved to ask questions. I would look at the big world and wonder why things happened. Science was my favorite game. I had a special room called a laboratory, and it was my playground. It was a place where I could try to find the answers to all my big questions.
Have you ever looked up at the big sky and wondered why it is blue? I did. I studied the sunshine to find the answer. I discovered that sunshine holds all the colors of a rainbow. When sunlight shines through the air, the tiny bits in the air scatter the blue color everywhere. That is what paints the sky blue for us to see. I also found something new hiding in the air we breathe. It was a secret, invisible gas. I called my discovery Argon. It was so exciting to find something that was there all along.
I loved being a scientist and sharing what I learned. For my discoveries, I was given a very special award called the Nobel Prize in the year 1904. I lived to be 76 years old, and I never stopped being curious. Today, whenever you look up at the big, beautiful blue sky, you can think of me. Remember that asking questions is the best adventure of all.
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Lord Rayleigh was a British physicist who co-discovered the element argon, explained why the sky is blue through a phenomenon now named Rayleigh scattering, and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904.
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