Date and place of birth:14 March 1879 Germany
Life:Albert Einstein was born into a Jewish family in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany on 14 March 1879. His father was Hermann Einstein, a salesman and engineer. His mother was Pauline Einstein.
Discoveries:Einstein's many contributions to physics include his special theory of relativity. which reconciled mechanics with electromagnetism, and his general theory of relativity, which was intended to extend the principle of relativity to non-uniform motion and to provide a new theory of gravitation. His other contributions include relativistic cosmology, capillary action, critical opalescence, classical problems of statistical mechanics and their application to quantum theory, an explanation of the Brownian movement of molecules, atomic transition probabilities, the quantum theory of a monatomic gas, thermal properties of light with low radiation density (which laid the foundation for the photon theory), a theory of radiation including stimulated emission, the conception of a unified field theory, and the geometrization of physics
Date of death:18 April 1955
Monday, October 20, 2008
Curie (radioactivity)
Date and place of birth:7 November 1867
Life:Maria Skłodowska was born in Warsaw in 1867, the fifth and youngest child of well-known teachers Bronisława and Władysław Skłodowski.
Discoveries:Her achievements include the creation of a theory of radioactivity (a term coined by her and Pierre), techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two new elements, radium and polonium.
Date of death:4 July 1934
Life:Maria Skłodowska was born in Warsaw in 1867, the fifth and youngest child of well-known teachers Bronisława and Władysław Skłodowski.
Discoveries:Her achievements include the creation of a theory of radioactivity (a term coined by her and Pierre), techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two new elements, radium and polonium.
Date of death:4 July 1934
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Darwin (Evolution)
Date and place of birth:12 February 1809,England
Life:He was the fifth of six children of wealthy society doctor and financier Robert Darwin, and Susannah Darwin.The Beagle survey took five years, two-thirds of which Darwin spent on land. He carefully noted a rich variety of geological features, fossils and living organisms, and methodically collected an enormous number of specimens, many of them new to science
Discoveries: He realised and demonstrated that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and the general public in his lifetime.
Date of death:19 April 1882
Life:He was the fifth of six children of wealthy society doctor and financier Robert Darwin, and Susannah Darwin.The Beagle survey took five years, two-thirds of which Darwin spent on land. He carefully noted a rich variety of geological features, fossils and living organisms, and methodically collected an enormous number of specimens, many of them new to science
Discoveries: He realised and demonstrated that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and the general public in his lifetime.
Date of death:19 April 1882
Faraday (electromagnetism)
Date and place of birth:September 22, 1791,England
Life:. The young Michael Faraday, one of four children, having only the most basic of school educations, had to largely educate himself. He developed an interest in science and specifically in electricity.
Discoveries:He discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and laws of electrolysis.
As a chemist, Faraday discovered benzene, investigated the clathrate hydrate of chlorine, invented an early form of the bunsen burner and the system of oxidation numbers, and popularized terminology such as anode, cathode, electrode, and ion.
Date of death:25 August ,1867
Life:. The young Michael Faraday, one of four children, having only the most basic of school educations, had to largely educate himself. He developed an interest in science and specifically in electricity.
Discoveries:He discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and laws of electrolysis.
As a chemist, Faraday discovered benzene, investigated the clathrate hydrate of chlorine, invented an early form of the bunsen burner and the system of oxidation numbers, and popularized terminology such as anode, cathode, electrode, and ion.
Date of death:25 August ,1867
Newton (Physics)
Date and place of birth:4 January 1643 England
Life:From the age of about twelve until he was seventeen, Newton was educated at The King's School, Grantham (where his signature can still be seen upon a library window sill). He was removed from school, and by October 1659, he was to be found at Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, where his mother, widowed by now for a second time, attempted to make a farmer of him.
Discoveries:
In physics Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion.
In mechanics, Newton enunciated the principles of conservation of momentum and angular momentum.
In optics, he invented the reflecting telescope and developed a theory of colour.
He also formulated an empirical law of cooling and studied the speed of sound.
In mathematics, Newton shares the credit for the development of the differential and integral calculus.
Date of death:31 March 1727
Life:From the age of about twelve until he was seventeen, Newton was educated at The King's School, Grantham (where his signature can still be seen upon a library window sill). He was removed from school, and by October 1659, he was to be found at Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, where his mother, widowed by now for a second time, attempted to make a farmer of him.
Discoveries:
In physics Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion.
In mechanics, Newton enunciated the principles of conservation of momentum and angular momentum.
In optics, he invented the reflecting telescope and developed a theory of colour.
He also formulated an empirical law of cooling and studied the speed of sound.
In mathematics, Newton shares the credit for the development of the differential and integral calculus.
Date of death:31 March 1727
Galileo (Astronomy And Physics)
Date and place of birth: February 15, 1564 Italy
Life:Galileo was born in Pisa, the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei a famous lutenist and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati. He was educated in the Camaldolese Monastery at Vallombrosa. Although he seriously considered the priesthood as a young man, he enrolled for a medical degree. He did not complete this degree, but instead studied mathematics.
Discoveries:
Galileo made significant discoveries in both pure science (for example, kinematics of motion, and astronomy) and applied science (for example, strength of materials, improvement of the telescope). In 1610 Galileo published an account of his telescopic observations of the moons of Jupiter, using this observation to argue in favor of the sun-centered, Copernican theory of the universe against the dominant earth-centered Ptolemaic and Aristotelian theories.
Date of death:8 January 1642
Life:Galileo was born in Pisa, the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei a famous lutenist and music theorist, and Giulia Ammannati. He was educated in the Camaldolese Monastery at Vallombrosa. Although he seriously considered the priesthood as a young man, he enrolled for a medical degree. He did not complete this degree, but instead studied mathematics.
Discoveries:
Galileo made significant discoveries in both pure science (for example, kinematics of motion, and astronomy) and applied science (for example, strength of materials, improvement of the telescope). In 1610 Galileo published an account of his telescopic observations of the moons of Jupiter, using this observation to argue in favor of the sun-centered, Copernican theory of the universe against the dominant earth-centered Ptolemaic and Aristotelian theories.
Date of death:8 January 1642
Copernicus (Astronomy)
Date and place of birth:
February 19, 1473,poland
Life:Copernicus enrolled at the Kraków Academy
Nicolaus was the youngest of four children
Discoveries: Found out that the Sun, not the Earth, is at the centre of the Solar System.
Copernicus's model represents a complete reformation of astronomy by replacing the anthropocentric view of the universe with the heliocentric viewpoint.This means that the earth and other planets orbit the sun rather than the sun and planets orbiting the earth.
Date of Death:May 24, 1543
February 19, 1473,poland
Life:Copernicus enrolled at the Kraków Academy
Nicolaus was the youngest of four children
Discoveries: Found out that the Sun, not the Earth, is at the centre of the Solar System.
Copernicus's model represents a complete reformation of astronomy by replacing the anthropocentric view of the universe with the heliocentric viewpoint.This means that the earth and other planets orbit the sun rather than the sun and planets orbiting the earth.
Date of Death:May 24, 1543
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