Name the physicist who is credited with the discovery of the Neutron This 1932 discovery led to his ...........

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Name the physicist who is credited with the discovery of the Neutron. This 1932 discovery led to his winning the Nobel Prize.

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Enrico Fermi

J.S. Fleming

James Chadwick

Max Plank

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Explanation:

- Option 1: Enrico Fermi

- Fermi was an Italian physicist known for his work on nuclear reactions and the development of quantum theory, but he did not discover the neutron.

- Option 2: J.S. Fleming

- J.S. Fleming was an English electrical engineer and physicist, noted for inventing the vacuum tube and the diode, unrelated to the discovery of the neutron.

- Option 3: James Chadwick

- Correct Answer

- Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932, a subatomic particle with no electric charge. This significant discovery earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935.

- Option 4: Max Planck

- Planck was a German theoretical physicist known as the father of quantum theory. His contribution was pivotal, but not related to the discovery of the neutron.