Famous Physicists - The Greatest Physicists of All Time
The field of physics deals with the immutable laws that govern the entire universe. Some of the greatest names in this discipline include Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Niels Bohr, just to name a few. …
Stephen Hawking - Famous Physicists
Born: Jan 8, 1942 in Oxford, England Nationality: British Famous For: black hole singularity theorems, Hawking radiation, and A Brief History of Time Awards: Albert Einstein Award (1978), Wolf Prize …
Albert Einstein - Famous Physicists
Born: Mar 14, 1879 in Ulm, Kingdom of Wurttemberg, German Empire Died: Apr 18, 1955 (at age 76) in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. Nationality: German, Austrian, Swiss, American Famous For: …
Alessandro Volta - Famous Physicists
Born: Feb 18, 1745 in Como, Duchy of Milan (present-day Italy) Died: Mar 5, 1827 (at age 82) in Como, Lombardy-Venetia (present-day Italy) Nationality: Italian Famous For: Invention of the electric cell, …
Max Planck - Famous Physicists
Born: Apr 23, 1858 in Kiel, Duchy of Holstein Died: Oct 4, 1947 (at age 89) in Gottingen, Lower Saxony, Germany Nationality: German Famous For: Planck constant, Planck postulate and Planck's law of …
Ernest Rutherford - Famous Physicists
Born: Aug 30, 1871 in Brightwater, New Zealand Died: Oct 19, 1937 (at age 66) in Cambridge, England, UK Nationality: British, New Zealand Famous For: Father of nuclear physics, Rutherford model, …
Marie Curie - Famous Physicists
Born: Nov 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland, then part of Russian Empire Died: Jul 4, 1934 (at age 66) in Passy, Haute-Savoie, France Nationality: French, Polish Famous For: Radioactivity, polonium, …
Michael Faraday - Famous Physicists
Born: Sep 22, 1791 in Newington Butts, England Died: Aug 25, 1867 (at age 75) in Hampton Court, Middlesex, England Nationality: British Famous For: Faraday's law of induction, Electrochemistry, …
Nikola Tesla - Famous Physicists
Born: Jul 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Austrian Empire (modern-day Croatia) Died: Jan 7, 1943 (at age 86) in New York City, New York, USA Nationality:Serbian, American Famous For: Alternating current, Tesla …
Isaac Newton - Famous Physicists
Born: Dec 25, 1642 in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England Died: Mar 20, 1727 (at age 84) in Kensington, Middlesex, England, Great Britain Nationality: English (later British) Famous For: …