Physics- Figures (Rare) Flashcards
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Ampere, Andre- Marie
French founder of classical electromagnetism
Archimedes
Acient greek scientist known for hydrostatics
Becquerel, Antoine Henri
French physicist who helped discover radioactivity
Bernoulli, Daniel
Swiss physicist who worked on fluid dynamics
Bohr, Niels
Danish physicist who contributed to quantum mechanics
Einstein, Albert
German physicist known for general and special relativity
Faraday, Michael
English scientist known for work in electromagnetism
Fermi, Enrico
Italian- American physicist who developed the nuclear reactor
Galileo
Italian astronomer and father of modern physics
Heisenberg, Werner
German physicist credited for creating quantum mechanics
Newton, Isaac
English physicist who described three laws of motion
Planck, Max
German physicist who came up with quantum theory
Tesla, Nikola
Serbian- American known for contributions to alternating current electricity