Famous Physicists - The Greatest Physicists of All Time
Here is a list that includes some of the most famous physicists throughout history in order of the notoriety of their work. Albert Einstein (1885-1962) Famous For: Advancing the Theory of Relativity
Stephen Hawking Facts & Biography | Famous Physicists
Famous For: black hole singularity theorems, Hawking radiation, and A Brief History of Time: Awards: Albert Einstein Award (1978), Wolf Prize (1988), Prince of Asturias Award (1989), Copley, Medal (2006), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009) …
Albert Einstein Facts & Biography | 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: Photoelectric effect, General relativity and special relativity, Mass-energy equivalence, Theory of Brownian Motion, Bose–Einstein statistics, Einstein field ...
Max Planck Facts & Biography | Famous Physicists
Max Planck was a famous theoretical physicist who was born in 1858, in Kiel, Germany. He originated the quantum theory and it completely changed human understanding of not only atomic processes, but also subatomic processes. In 1918, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics. Early Years and Family
Marie Curie Facts & Biography | Famous Physicists
Famous For: Radioactivity, polonium, radium Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1903), Davy Medal (1903), Matteucci Medal (1904) and Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911) Marie Curie was born Maria Sklodowska to two teachers in Poland.
Nikola Tesla Facts & Biography | Famous Physicists
Famous For: Alternating current, Tesla coil, Tesla principle, Arc light systems, Bifilar coil, Teleforce, Electric power transmission, Electrogravitics, “High” frequency alternator, Induction motor, Lightning rods, and many others
Michael Faraday Facts & Biography | Famous Physicists
Famous For: Faraday’s law of induction, Electrochemistry, Faraday effect, Faraday cage, Faraday constant, Faraday cup, and other theories of physics: Awards: Royal Medal (1835 and 1846), Copley Medal (1832 and 1838) and Rumford Medal (1846)
Isaac Newton Facts & Biography | Famous Physicists
Famous For: Newtonian mechanics, Principia Newton’s method, Universal gravitation, Optics Binomial series, Infinitesimal calculus Isaac Newton is considered one of the greatest scientists and physicists who ever lived.
Richard Feynman Facts & Biography | Famous Physicists
Richard was a theoretical physicist who made major contribution in physics. He was born on May 11th, 1918 in Manhattan, New York, United States. He studied at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in 1939.
Galileo Galilei Facts & Biography | Famous Physicists
Famous For: Kinematics, Dynamics, Telescopic observational astronomy and Heliocentrism Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, where the leaning tower is located, in Italy in 1564. When Galileo was 10, he moved to Florence and he enrolled in the school at …
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