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Who is the most famous physicist in history?
According to a poll of scientists conducted by Physics World magazine (December 1999),the top ten physicists in history are as follows:
- Albert Einstein.
- Isaac Newton.
- James Clerk Maxwell.
- Niels Bohr.
- Werner Heisenberg.
- Galileo Galilei.
- Richard Feynman.
- Paul Dirac.
Who is the best physicist in the world 2020?
6 of the greatest modern physicists
- Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking has been widely recognized as one of the best minds in physics today and is widely recognized as one of the most famous modern physicists.
- Steven Weinberg.
- Edward Witten.
- Alan Guth.
- Peter Higgs.
- Freeman Dyson.
What are some of the best true stories about famous physicists?
Originally Answered: What are some amazing true stories about famous physicists and the history of physics? The following is sourced from the foreword of Ghatak and Lokanathan’s quantum mechanics textbook, whose authors were trained by Hans Bethe (the famous nuclear physicist) himself, about Enrico Fermi:
Who is the greatest experimental physicist of all time?
Michael Faraday is probably the greatest experimental physicist ever. By varying a magnetic field he produced electric current in a wire, and so discovered electromagnetic induction, the means by which nearly all electricity is generated by power plants today.
What are some odd stories about famous scientists?
Mad Geniuses: 10 Odd Tales About Famous Scientists 1 Odd Bunch. Scientists are a notoriously strange bunch. 2 No Beans! 3 When you gotta go. 4 Unsung Hero. 5 Absent-minded professor. 6 Prolific polymath. 7 Documented to death. 8 Homeless mathematician. 9 Physicist hijinks. 10 Heavy furniture.
What was Archimedes famous for?
Famous for: Discovering the law of hydrostatics (Archimedes principle) Archimedes, the famous Greek physicist was born in the seaport city of Syracuse, Sicily around 287 BC. Phidias, his father was an astronomer. He was an eminent scientist of ancient times who pushed physics, engineering and mathematics to new peaks.