PHYSICS FACES

Ampere Andre Marie Ampere made fundamental contributions to electricity and magnetism.
Anderson Carl D. Anderson discovered the positron and the muon in 1932.
Angstrom Anders Angstrom. Spectroscopy.
Balmer Johann Balmer discovered the formula for the hydrogen spectrum.
Becquerel Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896.
Bessel Friedrich Bessel. Bessel functions.
Biot Jean-Baptiste Biot. Co-discoverer of the Biot-Savart Law.
Bohr Niels Bohr made fundamental contributions to quantum theory.
Boltzmann Ludwig Boltzmann made fundamental contributions to statistical mechanics.
Born Max Born made fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics.
Bose Satyendranath Bose. Bose-Einstein statistics. Bosons!
Boyle Robert Boyle. Boyle's Law.
Brewster David Brewster. Brewster's angle.
Bunsen Robert Bunsen. The Bunsen burner.
Carnot Sadi Carnot: a pioneer in thermodynamics.
Cerenkov Pavel Cerenkov discovered what is now called "Cerenkov radiation".
Chadwick James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932.
Chladni Ernst Chladni. Chladni plates.
Christoffel Elwin Christoffel. Christoffel symbols.
Clebsch/Gordan Rudolf Clebsch and Paul Gordan. Clebsch-Gordan coefficients.
Compton Arthur Compton explained x-ray scattering from electrons in 1923.
Coriolis Gaspard Gustave de Coriolis studied forces that exist in rotating reference frames.
Coulomb Charles de Coulomb. Coulomb's Law!
Crookes William Crookes. Crookes' tubes.
Curie Marie and Pierre Curie. The ultimate scientific power couple.
Davisson/Germer Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer verified de Broglie's wave theory of matter in 1927.
d'Alembert Jean Le Rond d'Alembert. The d'Alembertian operator.
de Broglie Louis de Broglie first proposed the wave nature of matter.
Descarte Rene Descarte. Cartesian coordinates.
Dirac Paul Dirac. A genius who made fundamental contributions to quantum theory.
Doppler Christian Doppler. The Doppler effect.
Edison Thomas Edison invented the electric light, the phonograph, and moving pictures.
Ehrenfest Paul Ehrenfest. Einstein's important friend.
Einstein Albert Einstein. A physics icon.
Euler Leonard Euler, a mathematical pioneer.
Faraday Michael Faraday was the pioneer of electromagnetic theory who discovered the principle of electromagnetic induction.
Fermi Enrico Fermi made fundamental contributions to nuclear physics.
FitzGerald George FitzGerald. Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction.
Fizeau Armande Fizeau. Optics.
Fourier Joseph Fourier. Fourier series. Fourier transform.
Fraunhofer Joseph Fraunhofer. Spectroscopy.
Fresnel Augustin Fresnel. Optics.
Friedmann Aleksandr Friedmann discovered the homogeneous isotropic model of the universe still used in cosomology today.
Galileo Galileo took giant first steps in kinematics and astronomy.
Galvani Luigi Galvani. Electricity and frogs.
Gauss Carl Gauss. Gauss' Law. The Gaussian probability function.
Gibbs Josiah Willard Gibbs. King of statistical mechanics.
Goddard Robert Goddard. Rocket pioneer.
Hamilton William Rowan Hamilton is famous for his work in classical mechanics.
Heisenberg Werner Heisenberg was one of the creators of quantum theory.
Helmholtz Herman von Helmholtz. Helmholtz coils.
Henry Joseph Henry. Electromagnetism.
Hermite Charles Hermite. Hermitian operators. Hermitian adjoint. Hermite polynomials.
Hertz Heinrich Hertz discovered invisible electromagnetic radiation in 1887.
Hilbert David Hilbert. Hilbert space.
Huygens Christiaan Huygens. Scientific pioneer.
Jacobi Carl Jacobi. The Jacobian.
Joule James Joule. Contributed to the understanding of energy and thermodynamics.
Kelvin Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) made fundamental contributions to thermodynamics.
Killing Wilhelm Killing. The Killing vector.
Kirchhoff Gustav Kirchhoff. Spectroscopy pioneer. The laws of circuit analysis.
Kronecker Leopold Kronecker. The Kronecker delta.
Lagrange Joseph-Louis Lagrange's mathematical work is found throughout physics.
Laguerre Edmond Laguerre. Laguerre polynomials.
Laplace Pierre-Simon Laplace. Laplace's equation.
Larmor Joseph Larmor. Larmor precession.
Legendre Adrien-Marie Legendre. Legendre polynomials.
Levi-Civita Tullio Levi-Civita. The Levi-Civita permutation symbol.
L'Hopital Guillaume De l'Hopital. He rules.
Lorentz Hedrick Lorentz is known for his important work in electromagnetic theory.
Lyman Theodore Lyman. Spectroscopy.
Mach Ernst Mach. Influential physicist/philosopher.
Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell. Electromagnetic theory.
Meitner Lise Meitner discovered nuclear fission.
Michelson Albert Michelson's famous experiment showed the invariance of light speed.
Millikan Robert Millikan measured the charge of an electron.
Minkowski Hermann Minkowski proposed that spacetime is four-dimensional.
Newton Isaac Newton. Mister classical physics!
Oberth Hermann Oberth. Rocket pioneer.
Ohm Georg Ohm. Ohm's law.
Orsted Hans Christian Orsted. Magnetism.
Pascal Blaise Pascal.
Paschen Louis Paschen. Spectroscopy.
Pauli Wolfgang Pauli proposed the existence of the neutrino and the famous exclusion principle.
Planck Max Planck began quantum theory with the quantization of light.
Poisson Simeon Poisson. Poisson's equation.
Ricci Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro. The Ricci tensor.
Riemann Georg Riemann worked out the mathematics of non-Euclidean geometry.
Roentgen Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays in 1895.
Rowland Henry Rowland. Fine diffraction gratings.
Rumford Count Rumford (Benjamin Thomson). The mechanical equivalent of heat.
Rutherford Ernest Rutherford discovered the atomic nucleus.
Rydberg Johannes Rydberg discovered the "Balmer formula" independently of Balmer.
Schroedinger Erwin Schroedinger invented the wavefunction formulation of quantum mechanics.
Schwarzschild Karl Schwarzschild first described the gravitational field of non-rotating black holes.
Snell Willebrord Snell discovered the law of refraction.
Stefan Joseph Stefan. The Stefan-Boltzmann law.
Stokes George Stokes. Stokes' theorem.
Taylor Brook Taylor of Taylor series fame.
Tesla Nikola Tesla, the magnificent electrical inventor.
Thomson Joseph J. Thomson discovered the electron.
Tsiolkovsky Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Rocket pioneer.
Uhlenbeck George Uhlenbeck proposed the existence of electron spin.
van der Waals Johannes van der Waals. Van der Waals forces.
Venturi Giovanni Venturi. The Venturi Effect.
Volta Alessandro Volta. Volts!
Von Braun Wernher Von Braun. Rocket pioneer.
Watt James Watt. The steam engine.
Weber Wilhelm Weber. Electromagnetism.
Weyl Hermann weyl. The man even Dirac couldn't understand.
Wheatstone Charles Wheatstone. The Wheatstone bridge.
Yukawa Hideki Yukawa predicted the existence of the pion.
Zeeman Pieter Zeeman discovered the splitting of spectral lines caused by magnetism.