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Jan 1, 1514
Copernicus
[Born in Torun, Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland]- Formulated the Heliocentric model in which the Sun is placed in the center of the universe. -
Galileo
[Born in Florence, Italy]- Discovered Kinematics (study of classical mechanics) and the discovery of telescopic observational astronomy. -
Kepler
[Holy Roman Empire] Revolutionist who discovered his laws of planetary motion. -
Hooke
[Freshwater, England]- English philospher, architect, polymath and Hookes Law. Hookes Law is the principle of physics that states that the force F needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance X is proportional to that distance. -
Newton
[Lincolnshire, England]- Formulated Newtons Laws:
1. An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
2.F= Ma
3. For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action. -
Benjamin Franklin
[Boston, MA]- Lightning rod, and exploration of electricity. He was born on Milk Steet in Boston. -
Watt
[Scotland]- Made improvments to Newcomen Steam Engine. Also the unit for power, Watts, was named after him. -
Avagadro
[Turin, Italy]- created Avagadros Law. 6.02214179(30)e23. -
Ampere
[France]-French physicist who is known for having the SI unit of measurement of electric current, the ampere, named after him. -
Joule
[England]- Studied nature of heat which let to the discovery of its relation to mech-work 1st law of thermodynamics. Measurement of Joule, named after him. -
Doppler
[Austria]-created the Doppler Effect, the change in frequency of a wave (or other periodic event) for an observer moving relative to its source. -
Thompson
[England]- created the term kinertic energy. Also discovered Kelvin. -
Hertz
[Germany]-research led to the exicistence of electromagnetic waves. -
Tesla
[Austria]- created the tesla coils and helped discover the magnetic field. -
EInstein
[Germany]- known for his theory of general relativity which is the geometric theory of gravitation and how it is currently described in modern physics. e=mc2
