Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

I was a 20th century physicist at Princeton and MIT. I designed apparatus for experiments in radiation and particle physics. My eponymous invention, a static electricity generator, has been superseded by other, higher energy devices. But, it is still used for demonstrations in classrooms and science museums worldwide. Who am I?

  1. Robert Shocking

  2. Frank Zappa

  3. Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins

  4. Robert Jemison Van de Graaff
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Explanation

Robert Jemison Van de Graaff invented the Van de Graaff generator in 1929, an electrostatic generator that can produce high voltages used in particle accelerators. While mostly replaced by more powerful devices, it remains popular for educational demonstrations because it safely shows static electricity principles.

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