Physics

Notable people in Physics: explore their research, scientific achievements, important works and role in advancing their field.

Fric Zernike
Fric Zernike
Netherlands
Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate.
Henry Way Kendall
Henry Way Kendall
USA
American physicist
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
USA
Physicist, greatest inventor
Maksud Aliev
Maksud Aliev
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman
USA
American theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate in 1965.
John Strett
John Strett
Great Britain
Physicist
Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Hertz
Germany
Physicist
Yakov Zeldovich
Yakov Zeldovich
Academician, theoretical physicist
Friedrich Paschen
Friedrich Paschen
Germany
German physicist, foreign honorary member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Arno Penzias
Arno Penzias
Germany
Physicist
John Mainstone
John Mainstone
USA
American scientist, physicist
Leo Esaki
Leo Esaki
Japan
Physicist
Shaldon Glashow
Shaldon Glashow
USA
Physicist
Walter Brattayn
Walter Brattayn
USA
American physicist. Discovered (1948) together with J. BARDIN the transistor effect and created the first transistor. Nobel Prize Laureate
Hugo Gernsbak
Hugo Gernsbak
USA
American inventor, businessman, writer, editor and publisher
Markus Reiner
Markus Reiner
Israeli engineer and physicist
John Tyndall
John Tyndall
Great Britain
The English Physicist Who Explained Why the Sky Is Blue
Ivars Lacis
Ivars Lacis
Latvia
Soviet and Latvian scientist
Lui Neel
Lui Neel
France
Physicist
Franchesko Grimaldy
Franchesko Grimaldy
Italy
Italian physicist, astronomer (compiled the first map of the Moon)
Marchello Malpighi
Marchello Malpighi
Italy
Italian doctor and biologist
Igor Ganchernok
Igor Ganchernok
Belarus
Belarusian scientist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Nicolas Carnot
Nicolas Carnot
France
French physicist, one of the founders of thermodynamics.
Nevill Mott
Nevill Mott
Great Britain
English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1977.
Vander Gaaz
Vander Gaaz
Netherlands
Dutch physicist, member of the Dutch Academy of Sciences (1922).
Rudolf Konig
Rudolf Konig
Germany
German physicist and inventor, studied acoustics.
Antoine Cesar Becquerel
Antoine Cesar Becquerel
France
French physicist.
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit
USA
American theoretical physicist
Oskar Klein
Oskar Klein
Sweden
Swedish theoretical physicist, member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences (1945).
Jordin Kare
Jordin Kare
USA
Physicist and engineer
Czundao Lee
Czundao Lee
China
Physicist
Nicolas Desmarest
Nicolas Desmarest
France
French physicist and geologist.
Hans Bete
Hans Bete
USA
American theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate 1967
Gasan Mamed Bagir Abdullaev
Gasan Mamed Bagir Abdullaev
Azerbaijan
Physicist
Ayub Guliyev
Ayub Guliyev
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani scientist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
Jean Foucault
Jean Foucault
France
French physicist, creator of the gyroscope and Foucault pendulum
Omar Omarov
Omar Omarov
Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
John Arbuthnot
John Arbuthnot
Great Britain
English physicist, satirist and polymath
Frederik Raynes
Frederik Raynes
USA
American physicist, professor, Nobel Prize laureate in physics (1995) for the discovery of neutrinos.
Alexandr Potupa
Alexandr Potupa
Belarus
Physicist, philosopher, writer, popularizer of science.
William Crookes
William Crookes
Great Britain
British scientist, chemist and physicist.
Polikarp Kush
Polikarp Kush
USA
American physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955.
Dominik Fransua Arago
Dominik Fransua Arago
France
French scientist and politician, foreign honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1829)
Robert Kirchhoff
Robert Kirchhoff
Germany
German physicist, member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences
Hendrik Lorenc
Hendrik Lorenc
Netherlands
Dutch physicist
Anders Jonas Angstrom
Anders Jonas Angstrom
Sweden
Swedish physicist
Geinrih Rorer
Geinrih Rorer
Switzerland
Physicist
Carl Anderson
Carl Anderson
USA
American physicist who discovered the positron in 1932, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1936.
Johann Heinrich Lambert
Johann Heinrich Lambert
Germany
German physicist, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer
Kurt Binder
Kurt Binder
Austria
Austrian theoretical physicist