AP PHYSICS 2 - BLOG POST #2:

Hello, my wonderful AP Physics 2 Phenoms!  Thank you for your thoughtful and inspiring responses to Blog Post #1.  For this week, we're going to shift focus a bit.  

BLOG POST #2:  (Due next WEDNESDAY for Period 2 and THURSDAY for Period 3)
Your Task:  Select one of the following individuals, research him/her, write a brief biography about the person, and explain WHY we should know this person.  Be sure to describe his/her contributions to the fields of science, engineering and/or mathematics.  (Suggestion:  If you are familiar with one of these individuals, choose someone else so that you get to learn about someone new!)

Options:

• Marie Curie
• Ernst Rutherford
• Erwin Schrodinger
• Otto Frisch
• Paul Dirac
• Richard Feynman (what else did he do besides help with the Manhattan Project?)
• Willhelm Conrad Rontgen
• Murray Gell-Mann
• JJ Thompson (hint: what did he invent?)
• Johannes Geiger