SettingsExperimental physicists
Alan Nunn May
Alan Nunn May was an English physicist, and a confessed and convicted Soviet spy, who supplied secrets of British and United States atomic research to the Soviet Union during World War II.
Alan Nunn May was an English physicist, and a confessed and convicted Soviet spy, who supplied secrets of British and United States atomic research to the Soviet Union during World War II.
Albert Abraham Michelson
Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment.
Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment.
Alexander Prokhorov
Alexander Mikhaylovich Prokhorov was a Soviet physicist known for his pioneering research on lasers and masers for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Charles Hard Townes and...
Alexander Mikhaylovich Prokhorov was a Soviet physicist known for his pioneering research on lasers and masers for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Charles Hard Townes and...
Alexander William Bickerton
Professor Alexander William Bickerton (7 January 1842 – 21 January 1929) was the first professor of Chemistry at Canterbury College (now called the University of Canterbury) in Christchurch, New...
Professor Alexander William Bickerton (7 January 1842 – 21 January 1929) was the first professor of Chemistry at Canterbury College (now called the University of Canterbury) in Christchurch, New...
Alexandru Marin
Alexandru Adalbert "Alex" Marin was an experimental particle physicist, a professor of physics at MIT, Boston University and Harvard University, and a researcher at CERN and JINR.
Alexandru Adalbert "Alex" Marin was an experimental particle physicist, a professor of physics at MIT, Boston University and Harvard University, and a researcher at CERN and JINR.
Andrew Pritchard
Andrew Pritchard was an English naturalist and natural history dealer who made significant improvements to microscopy and studied microscopic organisms.
Andrew Pritchard was an English naturalist and natural history dealer who made significant improvements to microscopy and studied microscopic organisms.
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist.
Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist.
Arthur Prince Chattock
Arthur Prince Chattock, FRS (14 August 1860 – 1 July 1934) was a British physicist.
Arthur Prince Chattock, FRS (14 August 1860 – 1 July 1934) was a British physicist.
C. F. Powell
Cecil Frank Powell, FRS was a British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery ...
Cecil Frank Powell, FRS was a British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery ...
C. V. Raman
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS,, was an Indian physicist whose work was influential in the growth of science in India.
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS,, was an Indian physicist whose work was influential in the growth of science in India.
Camille Papin Tissot
Camille Papin Tissot, was a French naval officer and pioneer of wireless telegraphy who established the first French operational radio connections at sea.
Camille Papin Tissot, was a French naval officer and pioneer of wireless telegraphy who established the first French operational radio connections at sea.
Carl David Anderson
Carl David Anderson (3 September 1905 – 11 January 1991) was an American physicist.
Carl David Anderson (3 September 1905 – 11 January 1991) was an American physicist.
Carlo Rubbia
Carlo Rubbia Knight Grand Cross is an Italian particle physicist and inventor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to the discovery of the W and...
Carlo Rubbia Knight Grand Cross is an Italian particle physicist and inventor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to the discovery of the W and...
Cecil Frank Powell
Cecil Frank Powell (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was a British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and...
Cecil Frank Powell (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was a British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and...
Charles Drummond Ellis
Sir Charles Drummond Ellis FRS (b.Hampstead, 11 August 1895; died Cookham 10 January 1980) was a physicist and scientific administrator.
Sir Charles Drummond Ellis FRS (b.Hampstead, 11 August 1895; died Cookham 10 January 1980) was a physicist and scientific administrator.
Charles Hard Townes
Charles Hard Townes (born July 28, 1915) is an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist and educator.
Charles Hard Townes (born July 28, 1915) is an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist and educator.
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, CH, FRS was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who received the Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the cloud chamber.
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, CH, FRS was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist who received the Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the cloud chamber.
Charles Édouard Guillaume
Charles Édouard Guillaume (15 February 1861, Fleurier, Switzerland – 13 May 1938, Sèvres, France) was a Swiss physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 in recognition of the serv...
Charles Édouard Guillaume (15 February 1861, Fleurier, Switzerland – 13 May 1938, Sèvres, France) was a Swiss physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 in recognition of the serv...
Christopher Llewellyn Smith
Sir Christopher Llewellyn Smith FRS completed his D.Phil.
Sir Christopher Llewellyn Smith FRS completed his D.Phil.
Christopher Stubbs
Christopher Stubbs (born March 12, 1958) is an experimental physicist currently on the faculty at Harvard University in both the Department of Physics and the Department of Astronomy.
Christopher Stubbs (born March 12, 1958) is an experimental physicist currently on the faculty at Harvard University in both the Department of Physics and the Department of Astronomy.
Clinton Davisson
Clinton Joseph Davisson (October 22, 1881 – February 1, 1958), was an American physicist who won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of electron diffraction.
Clinton Joseph Davisson (October 22, 1881 – February 1, 1958), was an American physicist who won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of electron diffraction.
David Cohen (physicist)
David Cohen made many of the first pioneering measurements in the area of Biomagnetism, although he was initially trained as a nuclear physicist.
David Cohen made many of the first pioneering measurements in the area of Biomagnetism, although he was initially trained as a nuclear physicist.
David Edward Hughes
David Edward Hughes (16 May 1831 – 22 January 1900), was a British scientist and musician.
David Edward Hughes (16 May 1831 – 22 January 1900), was a British scientist and musician.
Dogan Abukay
Dogan Abukay is a Turkish experimental physicist and professor of Physics at the Izmir Institute of Technology His research areas include Applied Physics, Superconductivity, High Temperature S...
Dogan Abukay is a Turkish experimental physicist and professor of Physics at the Izmir Institute of Technology His research areas include Applied Physics, Superconductivity, High Temperature S...
Domenico Pacini
Domenico Pacini was an Italian physicist noted for his contributions to the discovery of cosmic rays.
Domenico Pacini was an Italian physicist noted for his contributions to the discovery of cosmic rays.
Donald A. Glaser
Donald Arthur Glaser (born September 21, 1926), is an American physicist, neurobiologist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his invention of the Bubble chamber used in subatomic particle ...
Donald Arthur Glaser (born September 21, 1926), is an American physicist, neurobiologist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his invention of the Bubble chamber used in subatomic particle ...
Donald J. Hughes
Donald J. Hughes was an American nuclear physicist, chiefly notable as one of the signers of the Franck Report in June, 1945, recommending that the United States not use the atomic bomb as a wea...
Donald J. Hughes was an American nuclear physicist, chiefly notable as one of the signers of the Franck Report in June, 1945, recommending that the United States not use the atomic bomb as a wea...
Edward Mills Purcell
Edward Mills Purcell was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids.
Edward Mills Purcell was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids.
Edward Morley
Edward Williams Morley was an American scientist famous for the Michelson–Morley experiment.
Edward Williams Morley was an American scientist famous for the Michelson–Morley experiment.
Emil Konopinski
Emil John (Jan) Konopinski (December 25, 1911 in Michigan City, Indiana - May 26, 1990 in Bloomington, Indiana) was an American nuclear scientist of Polish origin.
Emil John (Jan) Konopinski (December 25, 1911 in Michigan City, Indiana - May 26, 1990 in Bloomington, Indiana) was an American nuclear scientist of Polish origin.
Emilio G. Segrè
Emilio Gino Segrè was an Italian-born, naturalized American, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics, who with Owen Chamberlain, discovered antiprotons, a sub-atomic antiparticle.
Emilio Gino Segrè was an Italian-born, naturalized American, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics, who with Owen Chamberlain, discovered antiprotons, a sub-atomic antiparticle.
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi (; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, Chicago...
Enrico Fermi (; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian-born, naturalized American physicist particularly known for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, Chicago...
Ernest Lawrence
Ernest Orlando Lawrence was an American physicist and Nobel Laureate, known for his invention, utilization, and improvement of the cyclotron atom-smasher beginning in 1929, based on his studies ...
Ernest Orlando Lawrence was an American physicist and Nobel Laureate, known for his invention, utilization, and improvement of the cyclotron atom-smasher beginning in 1929, based on his studies ...
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM, FRS was a New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics.
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM, FRS was a New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics.
Ernest Walton
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 – 25 June 1995) was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate for his work with John Cockcroft with "atom-smashing" experiments done at Cambridge Un...
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 – 25 June 1995) was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate for his work with John Cockcroft with "atom-smashing" experiments done at Cambridge Un...
Ernst Mach
Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher, noted for his contributions to physics such as the Mach number and the study of shock waves.
Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher, noted for his contributions to physics such as the Mach number and the study of shock waves.
Erwin Friedlander
Erwin Max Friedlander was a noted American expert in high-energy nuclear physics at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences.
Erwin Max Friedlander was a noted American expert in high-energy nuclear physics at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences.
Evgeny Velikhov
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov (born on February 2, 1935; in Russian: Евгений Велихов) is a physicist and scientific leader in the Russian Federation.
Evgeny Pavlovich Velikhov (born on February 2, 1935; in Russian: Евгений Велихов) is a physicist and scientific leader in the Russian Federation.
F. J. Duarte
Francisco Javier "Frank" Duarte is a laser physicist and author/editor of several well-known books on tunable lasers.
Francisco Javier "Frank" Duarte is a laser physicist and author/editor of several well-known books on tunable lasers.
Felix Bloch
Felix Bloch (October 23, 1905 – September 10, 1983) was a Swiss physicist, working mainly in the U.S.
Felix Bloch (October 23, 1905 – September 10, 1983) was a Swiss physicist, working mainly in the U.S.
Gabriel Lippmann
Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 13 July 1921) was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photograph...
Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 13 July 1921) was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photograph...
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.
Galileo Galilei, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.
George Paget Thomson
Sir George Paget Thomson, FRS (3 May 1892 – 10 September 1975) was an English physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognised for his discovery with Clinton Davisson of the wave properties of...
Sir George Paget Thomson, FRS (3 May 1892 – 10 September 1975) was an English physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognised for his discovery with Clinton Davisson of the wave properties of...
George Singer
George John Singer was an English early pioneer of electrical research, noted for his publications and for lectures delivered privately and at the Russell Institution.
George John Singer was an English early pioneer of electrical research, noted for his publications and for lectures delivered privately and at the Russell Institution.
Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber
Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber was a German-born Jewish-American nuclear physicist.
Gertrude Scharff Goldhaber was a German-born Jewish-American nuclear physicist.
Goldsworthy Gurney
Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (1793–1875) was a surgeon, chemist, lecturer, consultant, architect, builder and prototypical British gentleman scientist and inventor of the Victorian period.
Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (1793–1875) was a surgeon, chemist, lecturer, consultant, architect, builder and prototypical British gentleman scientist and inventor of the Victorian period.
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system.
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, known as the father of long distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system.
Gustav Ising
Gustaf Ising (or Gustav Ising in some publications), born on 19 February 1883 in Finja, died 5 February 1960 in Danderyd, was a Swedish accelerator physicist and geophysicist.
Gustaf Ising (or Gustav Ising in some publications), born on 19 February 1883 in Finja, died 5 February 1960 in Danderyd, was a Swedish accelerator physicist and geophysicist.
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
Gustav Ludwig Hertz was a German experimental physicist and Nobel Prize winner, and a nephew of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
Gustav Ludwig Hertz was a German experimental physicist and Nobel Prize winner, and a nephew of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
Hans-Dieter Betz
Hans-Dieter Betz (born 1940) is a German professor emeritus of experimental physics.
Hans-Dieter Betz (born 1940) is a German professor emeritus of experimental physics.
Hauke Harder
Hauke Harder (born 1963 in Heide (Holstein), Germany) is a German composer and experimental physicist.
Hauke Harder (born 1963 in Heide (Holstein), Germany) is a German composer and experimental physicist.
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
Heinrich Gustav Magnus (2 May 1802 – 4 April 1870) was a notable experimental scientist.
Heinrich Gustav Magnus (2 May 1802 – 4 April 1870) was a notable experimental scientist.
Heinrich Rohrer
Heinrich Rohrer is a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope.
Heinrich Rohrer is a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope.
Henri Becquerel
Antoine Henri Becquerel was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and the discoverer of radioactivity along with Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie, for which all three won the 1903 Nobel Pri...
Antoine Henri Becquerel was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and the discoverer of radioactivity along with Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie, for which all three won the 1903 Nobel Pri...
Henri Bénard
Henri Bénard, (1874–1939), French physicist, best known for his research on convection in liquids that now carries his name, Benard convection.
Henri Bénard, (1874–1939), French physicist, best known for his research on convection in liquids that now carries his name, Benard convection.
Henry DeWolf Smyth
Henry DeWolf "Harry" Smyth (May 1, 1898 – September 11, 1986) was an American physicist, diplomat, and bureaucrat who played a number of key roles in the early development of nuclear energy.
Henry DeWolf "Harry" Smyth (May 1, 1898 – September 11, 1986) was an American physicist, diplomat, and bureaucrat who played a number of key roles in the early development of nuclear energy.
Henry Way Kendall
Henry Way Kendall was an American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 jointly with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E. Taylor "for their pioneering investigations conc...
Henry Way Kendall was an American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 jointly with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E. Taylor "for their pioneering investigations conc...
Herbert Walther
Prof. Dr. Dr. Herbert Walther was an internationally acclaimed leader in the fields of quantum optics and laser physics.
Prof. Dr. Dr. Herbert Walther was an internationally acclaimed leader in the fields of quantum optics and laser physics.
Hermann Knoblauch
Karl Hermann Knoblauch (1820, 11th April – 1895, 30th June) was a German physicist.
Karl Hermann Knoblauch (1820, 11th April – 1895, 30th June) was a German physicist.
Igor Tamm
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Ilya Frank, for their 1934 discovery of Cherenkov radiation.
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Ilya Frank, for their 1934 discovery of Cherenkov radiation.
Ilya Frank
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank was a Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1958 jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the Soviet Union.
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank was a Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1958 jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the Soviet Union.
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton PRS MP was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influent...
Sir Isaac Newton PRS MP was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influent...
Jack Steinberger
Jack Steinberger (born May 25, 1921) is a German-American physicist currently residing near Geneva, Switzerland.
Jack Steinberger (born May 25, 1921) is a German-American physicist currently residing near Geneva, Switzerland.
James Chadwick
Sir James Chadwick CH FRS was an English Nobel laureate in physics awarded for his discovery of the neutron.
Sir James Chadwick CH FRS was an English Nobel laureate in physics awarded for his discovery of the neutron.
Jerome Isaac Friedman
Jerome Isaac Friedman (born March 28, 1930) is an American physicist.
Jerome Isaac Friedman (born March 28, 1930) is an American physicist.
Johannes Georg Bednorz
Johannes Georg Bednorz (born May 16, 1950) is a physicist at the IBM Zürich Research Laboratory.
Johannes Georg Bednorz (born May 16, 1950) is a physicist at the IBM Zürich Research Laboratory.
John Cockcroft
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft OM KCB CBE FRS (27 May 1897 – 18 September 1967) was a British physicist.
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft OM KCB CBE FRS (27 May 1897 – 18 September 1967) was a British physicist.
John Holt (physicist)
John Riley Holt, FRS (15 February 1918 – 6 January 2009) was an English experimental physicist who played a part in the development of the atom bomb and later became one of the p...
John Riley Holt, FRS (15 February 1918 – 6 January 2009) was an English experimental physicist who played a part in the development of the atom bomb and later became one of the p...
John Loveday
The Trumpet-Major is a novel by Thomas Hardy published in 1880.
The Trumpet-Major is a novel by Thomas Hardy published in 1880.
John N. Shive
John Northrup Shive was an American physicist and inventor.
John Northrup Shive was an American physicist and inventor.
John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM (12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was an English physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered the element argon, an achievement for which he e...
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM (12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was an English physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered the element argon, an achievement for which he e...
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM (12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was an English physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered the element argon, an achievement for which he e...
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM (12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was an English physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered the element argon, an achievement for which he e...
Kai Siegbahn
Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn (20 April 1918 – 20 July 2007) was a Swedish physicist.
Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn (20 April 1918 – 20 July 2007) was a Swedish physicist.
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan
Padma Bhushan Sir Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan, MSc in Physics, FRS, was an Indian physicist.
Padma Bhushan Sir Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan, MSc in Physics, FRS, was an Indian physicist.
Karl Ferdinand Braun
Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German inventor, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics.
Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German inventor, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics.
Kenneth G. Libbrecht
Kenneth Libbrecht is a professor of physics at Caltech.
Kenneth Libbrecht is a professor of physics at Caltech.
Klaus Blaum
Klaus Blaum is a German physicist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany.
Klaus Blaum is a German physicist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany.
Klaus Bringmann
Klaus Bringmann (b.
Klaus Bringmann (b.
Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao
Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao, (కొట్చేర్లకోట రంగదామ రావు) (9 September 1898–20 June 1972) was an Indian physicist in the field of Spectroscopy.
Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao, (కొట్చేర్లకోట రంగదామ రావు) (9 September 1898–20 June 1972) was an Indian physicist in the field of Spectroscopy.
Leon M. Lederman
Leon Max Lederman (born July 15, 1922) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work with neutrinos.
Leon Max Lederman (born July 15, 1922) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work with neutrinos.
LeRoy Apker
LeRoy W. Apker (11 June 1915 - ?) was an American experimental physicist.
LeRoy W. Apker (11 June 1915 - ?) was an American experimental physicist.
Leslie H. Martin
Professor Sir Leslie Harold Martin CBE, FAA, FRS (21 December 1900 - 1 February 1983) was an Australian physicist and Higher Education Advisor.
Professor Sir Leslie Harold Martin CBE, FAA, FRS (21 December 1900 - 1 February 1983) was an Australian physicist and Higher Education Advisor.
Louis Georges Gouy
Louis Georges Gouy was a French physicist who was born at Vals-les-Bains, Ardèche in 1854 and died January 27 1926.
Louis Georges Gouy was a French physicist who was born at Vals-les-Bains, Ardèche in 1854 and died January 27 1926.
Luciano Maiani
Luciano Maiani is a San Marino citizen physicist best known for his prediction of the charm quark with Sheldon Lee Glashow and John Iliopoulos.
Luciano Maiani is a San Marino citizen physicist best known for his prediction of the charm quark with Sheldon Lee Glashow and John Iliopoulos.
Luis Walter Alvarez
Luis W. Alvarez was an American experimental physicist and inventor, who spent nearly all of his long professional career on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley.
Luis W. Alvarez was an American experimental physicist and inventor, who spent nearly all of his long professional career on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley.
Léon Van Hove
Léon Van Hove was a Belgian physicist and a former Director General of CERN. He developed a scientific career spanning mathematics, solid state physics, elementary particle and nuclear physics t...
Léon Van Hove was a Belgian physicist and a former Director General of CERN. He developed a scientific career spanning mathematics, solid state physics, elementary particle and nuclear physics t...
Manne Siegbahn
Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn FRS was a Swedish physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy".
Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn FRS was a Swedish physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy".
Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Marie Skłodowska Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish-born French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity.
Marie Skłodowska Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish-born French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity.
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska-Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a French-Polish physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a French-Polish physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity.
Marlan Scully
Marlan Orvil Scully (born August 3, 1939) is a physicist best known for his work in theoretical quantum optics.
Marlan Orvil Scully (born August 3, 1939) is a physicist best known for his work in theoretical quantum optics.
Max von Laue
Max Theodor Felix von Laue was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals.
Max Theodor Felix von Laue was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals.
Melvin Schwartz
Melvin Schwartz (November 2, 1932 – August 28, 2006) was an American physicist.
Melvin Schwartz (November 2, 1932 – August 28, 2006) was an American physicist.
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday, FRS was a British scientist, chemist, physicist and philosopher who greatly contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
Michael Faraday, FRS was a British scientist, chemist, physicist and philosopher who greatly contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
Michael Stephen Feld
Michael S. Feld (11 November 1940 – 10 April 2010) was an American physicist, remembered for his work on quantum optics as well as medical applications of lasers.
Michael S. Feld (11 November 1940 – 10 April 2010) was an American physicist, remembered for his work on quantum optics as well as medical applications of lasers.
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Nicolaas Bloembergen (born Dordrecht, March 11, 1920) is a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate.
Nicolaas Bloembergen (born Dordrecht, March 11, 1920) is a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate.
Otto Stern
Otto Stern (17 February 1888 – 17 August 1969) was a German physicist and Nobel laureate in physics.
Otto Stern (17 February 1888 – 17 August 1969) was a German physicist and Nobel laureate in physics.
Owen Chamberlain
Owen Chamberlain was an American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his discovery, with collaborator Emilio Segrè, of antiprotons, a sub-atomic antiparticle.
Owen Chamberlain was an American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his discovery, with collaborator Emilio Segrè, of antiprotons, a sub-atomic antiparticle.
Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett OM CH FRS was an English experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism.
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett OM CH FRS was an English experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism.
Pavel Cherenkov
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov was a Soviet physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934.
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov was a Soviet physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934.
Percy Williams Bridgman
Percy Williams Bridgman was an American physicist who won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures.
Percy Williams Bridgman was an American physicist who won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures.
Philip Kim
Philip Kim is a condensed matter physicist known for study of quantum transport in carbon nanotubes and graphene, including observations of quantum Hall effects in graphene.
Philip Kim is a condensed matter physicist known for study of quantum transport in carbon nanotubes and graphene, including observations of quantum Hall effects in graphene.
Philipp Lenard
Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (June 7, 1862 – May 20, 1947), known in Hungarian as Lénárd Fülöp Eduárd Antal, was a Hungarian - German physicist and the winner of the Nobel Prize f...
Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard (June 7, 1862 – May 20, 1947), known in Hungarian as Lénárd Fülöp Eduárd Antal, was a Hungarian - German physicist and the winner of the Nobel Prize f...
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (October 24, 1932 in Paris – May 18, 2007 in Orsay) was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (October 24, 1932 in Paris – May 18, 2007 in Orsay) was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.
Pieter Zeeman
Pieter Zeeman FRS (25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect.
Pieter Zeeman FRS (25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect.
Richard E. Taylor
Richard Edward Taylor, (born November 2, 1929 in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a Canadian-American professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University.
Richard Edward Taylor, (born November 2, 1929 in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a Canadian-American professor (Emeritus) at Stanford University.
Richard Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynman (; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodyn...
Richard Phillips Feynman (; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodyn...
Robert Andrews Millikan
Robert A. Millikan was an American experimental physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his measurement of the charge on the electron and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
Robert A. Millikan was an American experimental physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his measurement of the charge on the electron and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
Robert Coleman Richardson
Robert Coleman Richardson (born June 26, 1937 in Washington D.C.) is an American experimental physicist whose area of research includes sub-millikelvin temperature studies of helium-3.
Robert Coleman Richardson (born June 26, 1937 in Washington D.C.) is an American experimental physicist whose area of research includes sub-millikelvin temperature studies of helium-3.
Robert Hofstadter
Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990) was an American physicist.
Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990) was an American physicist.
Robert W. Boyd (physicist)
Robert W. Boyd is an American physicist noted for his work in optical physics and especially in nonlinear optics.
Robert W. Boyd is an American physicist noted for his work in optical physics and especially in nonlinear optics.
Rolf Widerøe
Rolf Widerøe, was a Norwegian accelerator physicist who was the originator of many particle acceleration concepts, including the resonance accelerator and the betatron accelerator.
Rolf Widerøe, was a Norwegian accelerator physicist who was the originator of many particle acceleration concepts, including the resonance accelerator and the betatron accelerator.
Rudolf Mössbauer
Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (German spelling: Mößbauer; January 31, 1929 – September 14, 2011) was a German physicist best known for his 1957 discovery of recoilless nuclear resonance fluore...
Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (German spelling: Mößbauer; January 31, 1929 – September 14, 2011) was a German physicist best known for his 1957 discovery of recoilless nuclear resonance fluore...
Samar Mubarak Mand
Samar Mubarakmand,, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, who served as the founding chairman of National Engineering and Scientific Commission from 2001 until 2007.
Samar Mubarakmand,, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, who served as the founding chairman of National Engineering and Scientific Commission from 2001 until 2007.
Shahriar Afshar
Shahriar Sadigh Afshar is an Iranian-American physicist and a multiple award-winning inventor.
Shahriar Sadigh Afshar is an Iranian-American physicist and a multiple award-winning inventor.
Simon van der Meer
Simon van der Meer (24 November 1925 4 March 2011) was a Dutch particle physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led ...
Simon van der Meer (24 November 1925 4 March 2011) was a Dutch particle physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led ...
Stephen Blundell
Stephen Blundell is a Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford.
Stephen Blundell is a Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford.
Sulamith Goldhaber
Sulamith Goldhaber (November 4, 1923 – December 11, 1965) was a high-energy physicist and molecular spectroscopist.
Sulamith Goldhaber (November 4, 1923 – December 11, 1965) was a high-energy physicist and molecular spectroscopist.
Victor Francis Hess
Victor Francis Hess (24 June 1883 – 17 December 1964) was an Austrian-American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics, who discovered cosmic rays.
Victor Francis Hess (24 June 1883 – 17 December 1964) was an Austrian-American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics, who discovered cosmic rays.
Walter de Heer
Walter Alexander "Walt" de Heer is a Dutch physicist and nanoscience researcher known for discoveries in the electronic shell structure of metal clusters, magnetism in transition metal clusters,...
Walter Alexander "Walt" de Heer is a Dutch physicist and nanoscience researcher known for discoveries in the electronic shell structure of metal clusters, magnetism in transition metal clusters,...
Walter Houser Brattain
Walter Houser Brattain (February 10, 1902–October 13, 1987) was an American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the transistor.
Walter Houser Brattain (February 10, 1902–October 13, 1987) was an American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the transistor.
Wilhelm Röntgen
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievemen...
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievemen...
William Henry Bragg
Sir William Henry Bragg OM, KBE, PRS (2 July 1862 – 10 March 1942) was a British physicist, chemist, mathematician and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son William Law...
Sir William Henry Bragg OM, KBE, PRS (2 July 1862 – 10 March 1942) was a British physicist, chemist, mathematician and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son William Law...
William Lawrence Bragg
Sir William Lawrence Bragg CH OBE MC FRS was an Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer, discoverer of the Bragg law of X-ray diffraction, which is basic for the determinati...
Sir William Lawrence Bragg CH OBE MC FRS was an Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer, discoverer of the Bragg law of X-ray diffraction, which is basic for the determinati...
Willibald Jentschke
Willibald Jentschke (6 December 1911 in Vienna, Austria – 11 March 2002) was an Austrian-German experimental nuclear physicist.
Willibald Jentschke (6 December 1911 in Vienna, Austria – 11 March 2002) was an Austrian-German experimental nuclear physicist.
Willis Lamb
Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr. (July 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955 together with Polykarp Kusch "for his discoveries concerning the fine ...
Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr. (July 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955 together with Polykarp Kusch "for his discoveries concerning the fine ...
Édouard Branly
Édouard Eugène Désiré Branly was a French inventor, physicist and professor at the Institut Catholique de Paris.
Édouard Eugène Désiré Branly was a French inventor, physicist and professor at the Institut Catholique de Paris.