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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Famous Scientists

Here’s list of some famous scientists. 
  
8664_Albert_EinsteinAlbert Einstein 
1879-1955
German-born theoretical physicist who formulated the special and general theories of relativity.  Famous mass equivalence formulae of E=mc2.  Awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics.
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Alessandro Volta 
1745-1827
Italian physicist best known for the development of the voltaic pile (battery).  SI unit of voltage, the volt is named after him.
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Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922
Scottish scientist and inventor.  Famous for his work on the telephone.
2311_Andre-Marie_AmpereAndré Marie Ampère
1775-1836
French physicist who worked on electromagnetism.  The SI unit of current, the ampere is named after him.
1321.Benjamin_Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
Founding Fathers of the United States, author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, inventor, civic activist, and diplomat. Invented the lightning rod and the famous kite experiment.
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Charles Augustin de Coulomb 
1736-1806
French physicist who pioneered research into friction and viscosity, the distribution of charge on surfaces and the laws of electrical and magnetic force.The SI unit of charge, the coulomb and Coulomb's law are named after him.
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Charles Babbage 1791-1871
English mathematician, philosopher, mechanical engineer and computer scientist.  Originated the idea of a programmable computer.
0654_Charles_Proteus_SteinmetzCharles Proteus Steinmetz 1865-1923American Mathematician and Electrical Engineer.  Instrumental in developing theories of alternating current t and hysteresis.
0825_Claude_Elwood_ShannonClaude Elwood Shannon
1916-2001
American electrical engineer and mathematician.  Founder of practical digital circuit design theory
0257_Enrico_Fermi
Enrico Fermi
1901-1954
Italian physicist noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor. Awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity.
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Frederick Winslow Taylor 1856-1915
American engineer who worked on improving efficiency, specifically in steel production.
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Georg Simon Ohm
1789-1854
German physicist having influence on the development of electrical theory, specifically Ohm’s Law.  SI unit of resistance, the ohm is named after him.
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George Westinghouse
1846-1914
American entrepreneur and engineer and founder of the Westinghouse company.  Awarded the AIEE's Edison Medal ' in 1911 for achievement in connection with the alternating current system.
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Guglielmo Marconi
1874-1937
Italian inventor known for his development of a practical radiotelegraph system. Shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun.
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Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
1824-1887
German physicist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits.  Famous for his two laws of circuit theory.
1321_Hans_Oersted
Hans Christian Oersted 1777-1851
Danish physicist and chemist.  Known for discovering the relationship between electricity and magnetism (electromagnetism).
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Harry Nyquist
1889-1976
Swedish engineer who carried out work on information theory,  thermal noise ("Johnson-Nyquist noise") and the stability of feedback amplifiers.
1321_Hendrik_Wade_Bode
Hendrik Wade Bode
1905-982
Pioneer of modern control theory.  Widely known for developing the asymptotic magnitude and phase plot that bears his name.
2437_HeinrichHertzHeinrich Hertz
1857-1894 
German physicist who demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves.  SI Unit of frequency, Hertz  is named after Him.
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Isaac Newton (Sir) 1643-1727
English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher. Three laws of motion and the groundwork for classical mechanics.  Regarded by many as the greatest figure in the history of science.
0245_Jack_S__Kilby
Jack S. Kilby
1923-June
American electrical engineer who co-won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2000.  Inventor of the integrated circuit.
6505_James_Clerk_Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell
1831-1879
Scottish mathematical physicist.  Formulated a set of equations on the basic laws of electricity and magnetism, called Maxwell's equations.
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James Prescott Joule
1818-1889
English physicist who studied the heat, mechanical work and energy.  Discovered the relation between current through a resistance and heat dissipated, now called Joule's law. SI unit of work, the joule is named after him
8750_James_Watt
James Watt
1736-1819
Scottish inventor and engineer.  Implemented improvements to the steam engine which were fundamental to the Industrial Revolution.
7674_Jean_Baptiste_Joseph_Fourier
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
1768- 1830
French mathematician and physicist.  Known for the Fourier series.  The Fourier transform is also named in his honor.
1212_Johann_Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
1777-1855
German mathematician and scientist. Contributed to number theory, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, magnetism, astronomy and optics.  Known as "the prince of mathematicians" and "greatest mathematician since antiquity".
7674_Johann_Christian_Doppler
Johann Christian Andreas Doppler
1803-1853
Austrian mathematician and physicist.  Famous development of the Doppler effect.
1727_Peter_Gustav_Lejeune_Dirichlet
Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
1805-1859
German mathematician credited with the modern "formal" definition of a function.
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John Ambrose Fleming (Sir) 1849–1945
English electrical engineer and physicist. Invented the first vacuum tube and diode. Famous for the left hand rule (for electric motors).
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John von Neumann 1903-1957n
Hungarian-born mathematician.  Many contributions to quantum physics and mathematics. Pioneer of the modern digital computer von Neumann algebra.
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Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519
Italian mathematician, ,architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor,  musician, and painter. Famous for his paintings of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.  Conceptually invented a helicopter, a tank, the use of concentrated solar power, a calculator, a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics, the double hull, and many others.
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Leonhard Euler
1707- 1783
Swiss mathematician and physicist.  Considered to he preeminent mathematician of the 18th century and one of the greatest of all time
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Ludwig Boltzmann 1844-1906
Austrian physicist famous for his contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics.
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Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck
1858-1947
German physicist.Considered the founder of quantum theory.
6888_Michael_FaradayMichael Faraday
1791-1867
English chemist and physicist.  One of the best best experimentalist in the history of science, he is commonly regarded as the father of electrical engineering.  SI unit of capacitance, the farad,  Faraday constant and  Faraday's law of induction are named after him.
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Niels Bohr 
1885-1962
Danish physicist.  Made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics.
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Nikola Tesla
1856-1943
Serb-American inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. Significant contribution to alternating current, magnetism, polyphase power and the ac motor.  SI unit measuring magnetic flux density, the tesla, is named after him.
6102_Paul_Adrien_Maurice_Dirac
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac 
1902-1984
British theoretical physicist .  Founder of the field of quantum physics and formulated the  “Dirac equation”.  Shared the Nobel Prize in physics for 1933 with Erwin Schrödinger.
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Pierre-Simon Laplace 
1749-1827
French mathematician and astronomer.  Discoverer of Laplace's equation and the Laplace transform is named in honor
3060_Robert_N__Noyce
Robert N. Noyce 
1927- 1990
Nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel.  Awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor in 1978 " for contributions to the silicon integrated circuit.
1727_Samuel_F__B__Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse
1791-1872
American inventor of the Morse Code.
2388_Satyendra_Nath_Bose
Satyendra Nath Bose 
1894-1974
Indian physicist, best known for his work on quantum mechanics. He is honored with the naming of the boson.
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Simeon Denis Poisson 1781-1840
French mathematician and physicist.
ThomasEdisonThomas Alva Edison
1847-1931
Prolific American inventor, with over 1,000 patents. Most famous for the development of the practical incandescent light bulb. Other notable achievements include the phonograph and advancements on the utility distribution and the motion picture industries.
1715_Vladimir_Zworykin
Vladimir Zworykin
1889-1982
A pioneer of television technology.
6505_Wilhelm_Eduard_Weber
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
1804-1891
German physicist who made significant contributions to wave theory, and electromagnetism. SI unit of magnetic flux, the weber, is named after him.
3377_William_B__Shockley
William B. Shockley
1910-1989
British physicist and inventor who co-invented the transistor.  Awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.
8664_William_D_Coolidge
William D Coolidge
1873- 1975
American physicist contributing to the development tungsten as filaments and the Coolidge tube.
0638_William_R__Hewlett
William R. Hewlett
1913-2001
American engineer and co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).


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