 |
 André-Marie Ampère
was the first person to develop measuring
techniques for electricity, invented the
galvanometer, and gave his name to the unit of
electric current -- the ampere. |
 Antoine-Henri
Becquerel shared the 1903 Nobel
Prize for Physics with the Curies for the
discovery of natural radioactivity. |
 Robert Boyle
developed the law which describes the
relationship between the volume of a gas and its
pressure and proposed the existence of
"primary particles," aka atoms. |
 Michael Faraday
discovered the phenomenon of electromagnetic
induction and formulated the idea of "lines
of force" to explain magnetism. |
 Otto von Guericke
conducted experiments that proved the existence
of atmospheric pressure and discovered the
phenomenon of electroluminescence. |
 Robert Hooke
was one of the most versatile scientists of his
day. Using a compound microscope of his own
design he provided detailed descriptions of
microscopic structures never before seen, coined
the word "cells," and contributed to
the fields of astronomy, mechanics, physics and
geology. |
 Irène
Joliot-Curie and her husband
conducted experiments that led to the discovery
of neutons and nuclear fission. |
 Isaac
Newton developed the three laws of
motion, proved the existence of gravity,
discovered that sunlight is a mixture of light of
all colors, and invented infinitesimal calculus. |
 Denis Papin
invented the forerunner of today's pressure
cookers and autoclaves and tried, unsuccessfully,
to invent a steam engine that could be used to
drive a ship. |
 Andrei Dmitriyevich
Sakharov helped develop the Soviet
Union's first hydrogen bomb before becoming a
spokesman for worldwide nuclear disarmament and
winning the Nobel Peace Prize. |
 Edward
Teller helped the United States
develop its first atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb,
and oversaw the establishment of Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory. |
