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Famous Physics People

By maurys
  • Feb 8, 1532

    Copernicus

    Copernicus
    formulated the heliocentric model of the universe

  • Galileo

    Galileo
    improvements to the telescope, defended Heliocentricism

  • Kepler

    Kepler
    Laws of planetary motion

  • Snell

    Snell
    Snell's Law; angle of incidence & reflection

  • Hooke

    Hooke
    Hooke's Law which deals with force needed to extend or compress springs

  • Newton

    Newton
    Laws of Motion

  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    studied electricity and lightning

  • Watt

    Watt
    Horse power and the SI unit of power and watts

  • Avogadro

    Avogadro
    contributions to molecular theory; Avogadro's Law

  • Ampere

    Ampere
    • one of the main founders of classic electromagnetism

  • Ohm

    Ohm
    Ohm's Law; circuits

  • Joule

    Joule
    Law conservation of energy

  • Doppler

    Doppler
    came up with the doppler effect

  • Kelvin

    Kelvin
    First & Second laws of Thermodynamics

  • Tesia

    Tesia
    electricity supply system

  • Einstein

    Einstein
    Developed the general theory of relativity; E=MC²

  • Hertz

    Hertz
    performed an inelastic electron collisions in gases