Galileo Galilei was an Italian philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who made essential contributions to the sciences of astronomy, motion and strength of the material and several developments of scientific methods. Galileo Galilei played a vital role in the history of science. Galileo Galilei provided several scientific perceptions that lay essential groundwork for future scientists. His… Continue reading Galileo Galilei
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Stephen William Hawking
Stephen Hawking is one of the most precious gems in the world of physics, who was ahead of his time. His disability of having unsteady feet and being diagnosed with degenerative disease couldn’t stop Stephen Hawking from becoming the world’s most famous and acclaimed scientist. Even his survival would have been a marvel to this… Continue reading Stephen William Hawking
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was one of the key thinkers who did exploration and examination of theories of relativity. In this article, let us know more about Albert Einstein inventions. He was the person who gave new dimensions to see energy, time, space and matter. Know About Einstein Albert Einstein was born on 14 March in the year… Continue reading Albert Einstein
Sir Isaac Newton
Apart from discovering the cause of the fall of an apple from a tree, that is, the laws of gravity, Sir Isaac Newton was perhaps one of the most brilliant and greatest physicists of all time. He shaped dramatic and surprising discoveries in the laws of physics that we believe our universe obeys, and hence… Continue reading Sir Isaac Newton
Summary
Year Discoveries Scientist Name 1905 Photon Albert Einstein 1897 Electron J.J. Thomson 1919 Proton Ernest Rutherford 1808 Atom John Dalton 1932 Neutron James Chadwick 1687 Law of Motion Isaac Newton 1779 Coulomb Charles-Augustin de Coulomb 1827 Ohm’s Law Georg Simon Ohm 1831 Electromagnetic Induction Michael Faraday 1880 Thermionic Emission Thomas Edison 1896 Radioactivity Henri Becquerel… Continue reading Summary
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi was an Italian-American physicist who created the world’s first nuclear reactor. He is widely known as the “architect of the nuclear age” and the “architect of the atomic bomb.” He won a Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity by neutron bombardment. He also made significant contributions in the field… Continue reading Enrico Fermi
Neils Bohr and Rutherford
As discussed before, Rutherford described an atom as consisting of a positive centre mass surrounded by orbiting electrons. Neils Bohr suspected that electrons revolved in quantized orbits. Having suspected this, Bohr worked on Rutherford’s model and proved that particles couldn’t occupy just any energy level.
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, a German physicist, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as the X-rays. This discovery earned him a Nobel Prize in Physics.
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
During his work on electromagnetism, Heinrich reported another important phenomenon known as the Photoelectric effect. He noticed that UV rays made the metal lose charges faster than otherwise, which led him to publish his findings in the journal Annalen der Physik. He did not investigate this effect further on. Later, in 1905, Albert Einstein proposed that… Continue reading Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
Max Planck
Max Planck, a German Physicist, is best known for his proposition of the quantum theory of energy for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize. His work contributed significantly to the atomic and subatomic processes.