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PHYSICISTS WHO MADE HISTORY

Richard Feynman (1918-1988)

popular science
Quantum electrodynamics

A unique Teacher

John Archibald Wheeler (1911-2008)

 

Theory of Geometrodynamics

Feynman Diagrams and Quantum Electrodynamics

Thermodynamic Recycling

​​Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Special and general relativity
photoelectric effect
A complete genius

Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961)

 

Schrödinger Equation

Cat Thought Trygood

Change of wave function with time

Sait Akpınar (1913-2003)

 

Cosmic Ray Research Laboratory Setup

Pioneering Role in the Turkish Science World

Experimental Physics Discipline

Paul Dirac (1902-1984)

 

Antimatter and positron

Dirac Equation

Extraordinary Mathematician

Max Planck (1858-1947)

 

Planck Constant

The cornerstones of quantum theory

Quantum field theory

Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976)

 

The Uncertainty Principle (1927)

Matrix Mechanics

Education and Academic Leadership

Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

 

Bohr Atomic Model

Principle of Complementarity

Copenhagen Commentary

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Arno Penzias (1933-2024)

 

Cosmic microwave background radiation

Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)

 

Radiation of Black Holes

Big Bang Theory

Popular Science Writing

Theory of Everything

Barry Barish (1936-Present)

 

Gravitational Wave Observations

LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitation Observation)

High Energy Physics

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James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)


 

electromagnetism

color theory

​Maxwell's Equations

Kip Thorne (1940-Present)

 

Black Holes and General Relativity

The Structure of Time and the Geometry of the Universe

Gravitational Wave Research

Max Born (1882-1970)
 

Statistical Interpretation

Wave Function

Physical and Mathematical Studies

Enrico Fermi (1901-1954)

 

Fermi Statistics

Fermi Accelerator

Fermi Motion Theory

Chicago Atomic Bomb Project

Nuclear Reactions and Transformation of Radioactive Elements

Mary SkÅ‚odowska Curie (1867-1934)
 

Discovery of Radioactivity

Discovery of Radium and Polonium

Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine

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