PHYSIC'S TOP 10.Last year, 250 of the world's top scientists were asked by Physics World magazine to pick the 10 most influential physicists, scientists who study energy and matter, of the last 1,000 years. Can you match each of the top 10 with his biggest accomplishments? 1. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) 2. Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727) 3. James Clerk Maxwell (1831 - 1879) 4. Niels Bohr Noun 1. Niels Bohr - Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations; the Bohr theory of the atom accounted for the spectrum of hydrogen (1885-1962) Bohr, Niels Henrik David Bohr (1885 - 1962) 5. Werner Heisenberg Werner Karl Heisenberg (December 5, 1901 – February 1, 1976) was a celebrated German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics and acknowledged to be one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. (1901 - 1976) 6. Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) 7. Richard Feynman Noun 1. Richard Feynman - United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988) Feynman, Richard Phillips Feynman (1918 - 1988) 8. Paul Dirac For other uses of "Dirac", see Dirac (disambiguation). Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, OM, FRS (IPA: /dɪˈræk/ (1902 - 1984) 9. Erwin Schrodmger (1887 - 1961) 10. Ernest Rutherford (1871 - 1937) [] Formulated equations that accurately predict the motion, spin, and. magnetism of electrons [] Fostered modern theories of light and heat energy, and hypothesized about the composition of Saturn's rings [] Helped define the modern atomic model, and first described how atoms produce light of varying colors [] Created simple diagrams that make the complex behavior of particles much easier to understand [] Contributed revolutionary ideas about measuring the speed and position of electrons [] Discovered the theory of relativity theory of relativity Einstein’s contribution to the space-time relationship. [Science: NCE, 843–844] See : Turning Point : E = [mc.sup.2] [] Proved the existence of the nucleus, an atom's dense center of mass [] Used the telescope to disprove disprove, v to refute or to prove false by affirmative evidence to the contrary. the belief in an Earth-centered universe [] Originated the study of wave mechanics with a celebrated wave equation [] Laid the foundation for modern physics with his three laws of motion |
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