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Wolfram Science World: Gustav Kirchhoff
This site from ScienceWorld provides a short but factual biographical sketch of the German physicist, Gustav Kirchhoff and describes his most notable discoveries and contributions to the realm of science.
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Science World: Maxwell, James
This ScienceWorld site describes the Scottish mathematician and physicist James Maxwell (1831-1879) who published physical and mathematical theories of the electromagnetic field.
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Science World: Life of Sir Isaac Newton
This site from ScienceWorld provides an interesting biographical sketch of the English physicist and mathematician, Isaac Newton. The biography is a good size in length and very informative, with links provided throughout for additional...
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Science World: Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856 1940)
This site provides a brief biography of the english physicist J.J. Thomson.
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Time 100: A Brief History of Relativity
"An easy primer by the world's most famous living physicist," this is a readable, understandable, an absolutely authoritative text on relativity from TIME magazine. A five-page article.
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Time 100: A Brief History of Relativity
"An easy primer by the world's most famous living physicist," this is a readable, understandable, an absolutely authoritative text on relativity from TIME magazine. A five-page article.
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Time 100: A Brief History of Relativity
"An easy primer by the world's most famous living physicist," this is a readable, understandable, an absolutely authoritative text on relativity from TIME magazine. A five-page article.
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Shirley Rich Maiman, Theodore Harold Maiman (1927 2007), and Sheri Maiman
Left to right: Shirley Rich Maiman, Theodore Harold Maiman (1927-2007), and their 8-year-old daughter Sheri Maiman, April 1966. The physicist Theodore Maiman was developer of the LASER
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Chien Shiung Wu (1912 1997), y.k. Lee, and l.w. Mo
The experiments of Columbia University physicists (left to right) Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), Y.K. Lee, and L.W. Mo confirmed the theory of conservation of vector current. In the experiments, which took several months to complete,...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867 1934)
Polish physicist Marie Sklodowska Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, sharing it with her husband Pierre in 1903 for their work on radioactivity. After his death in 1906, she continued with her...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Margaret Eliza Maltby (1860 1944)
Physicist and educator Margaret Eliza Maltby (1860-1944) was the first American woman allowed to take a degree at Gt_tingen University (in 1895); she became professor of physics and department chair at Barnard College, 1903-1934. In...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Percy W. Bridgman House
This house served as the longtime home of Nobel prize-winning physicist Percy W. Bridgman (1882-1961). His innovations in the field of high pressure physics made possible the development of synthetic diamonds.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Robert A. Millikan House
Home of Robert A. Millikan, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Arthur H. Compton House
Home of Nobel-prize-winning physicist who proved light has both wave and particle aspects, the Compton Effect.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut: Edward W. Morley House
Home of physicist Edward W. Morley, known for the Michelson-Morley experiment and for his work on the atomic weights of hydrogen and oxygen.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maryland: Henry August Rowland House
Home of physicist Henry Augustus Rowland. Perhaps name should be Henry Augustus Rowland House, but it is not.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Irving Langmuir House
Home of physicist-chemist Irving Langmuir, winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize during his research career with General Electric.
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Presents a brief profile of Mr. Martin George, a physicist who currently works as the curator of astronomy and assistant director of the Queen Victoria Museum in Launceston, Tasmania.
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Science world.com: Erwin Schrodinger
ScienceWorld.com offers a brief biography and image of Austrian physicist and inventor of wave mechanics, Erwin Schrodinger.
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Erwin Schrodinger
This site gives brief biographical information about Austrian physicist, Erwin Schrodinger.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Alfred M. Mayer
Alfred Marshall Mayer was a physicist born in Baltimore, Marylnd in 1836 and died in 1897.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Count Rumford
Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (26 March 1753 - 21 August 1814) was an Anglo-American physicist and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th century revolution in thermodynamics.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Dominique Francois Arago
(1786-1853) French astronomer and physicist.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Galileo
(1564-1642) Galileo, or Galilei, was a celebrated physicist.