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Radioactivity is all around us. How were radioactive emissions discovered, and what are their properties and applications?

Henri Bequerel discovered radioactivity in 1896. This article from the Royal Society of Chemistry starts with the discovery of X-rays in 1895 and continues with the other major breakthroughs in understanding radioactivity and the nucleus:

www.rsc.org/images/essay1_tcm18-17763.pdf

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