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Philip Henry Gosse(1810–1888): marine biologist who wrote Aquarium(1854), and A Manual of Marine Zoology(1855–56). He is more notable as a Christian Fundamentalist who coined the idea of Omphalos (theology). [74] Asa Gray(1810–1888): His Gray's Manualremains a pivotal work in botany.
Albert Einstein ( / ˈaɪnstaɪn / EYEN-styne; [4] German: [ˈalbɛɐt ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] ⓘ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics.
Calvin Frye (1845-1917) – personal assistant of Mary Baker Eddy. Mary W. Adams (1834-1908) – in 1905 hired Frank Lloyd Wright to build house in Highland Park, Illinois. Septimus J. Hanna (1845-1921) – Judge and Civil War veteran, later Christian Science practitioner and teacher.
Adolf Hitler forbade four Germans, Richard Kuhn (Chemistry, 1938), Adolf Butenandt (Chemistry, 1939), Gerhard Domagk (Physiology or Medicine, 1939) and Carl von Ossietzky (Peace, 1936) from accepting their Nobel Prizes. The Chinese government forbade Liu Xiaobo from accepting his Nobel Prize (Peace, 2010) [9] and the government of the Soviet ...
Time logo. Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century is a compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people, published in Time magazine across five issues in 1998 and 1999. The idea for such a list started on February 1, 1998, with a debate at a symposium in Hanoi, Vietnam. The panel participants were former CBS Evening ...
Eccles, William and Jordan, Frank Wilfred. Patented the Eccles–Jordan trigger circuit, [23] the so-called "bistable flip-flop ", a building block of all digital memory cells. Built from vacuum tubes, their concept was essential for the success of the Colossus codebreaking computer . 1943, 1951.
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov – Soviet Union, Russia (1928–2017) Nobel laureate. Robert Adler – United States (1913–2007) Stephen L. Adler – United States (born 1939) Franz Aepinus – Rostock (1724–1802) Mina Aganagic – Albania, United States. David Z Albert – United States (born 1954) Felicie Albert – France, United States.
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to 224 individuals as of 2023. [5] The first prize in physics was awarded in 1901 to Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, of Germany, who received 150,782 SEK. John Bardeen is the only laureate to win the prize twice—in 1956 and 1972. William Lawrence Bragg was the youngest Nobel laureate in physics; he won the ...