 |
 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. |
 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. |
