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11 20th century. 12 20th–21st century. ... The following is a partial list of notable theoretical physicists. Arranged by century of birth, then century of death ...
Pictures of some physicists (mostly 20th-century American) are collected in the Emilio Segrè Visual Archives and A Picture Gallery of Famous Physicists; 20th-century women in physics in the Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics archive
20th-century physicists by nationality (37 C) + 20th-century women physicists (1 C, 43 P) Pages in category "20th-century physicists" The following 49 pages are in ...
This timeline lists significant discoveries in physics and the laws of nature, including experimental discoveries, theoretical proposals that were confirmed experimentally, and theories that have significantly influenced current thinking in modern physics. Such discoveries are often a multi-step, multi-person process.
In the 20th century, physics also became closely allied with such fields as electrical, aerospace and materials engineering, and physicists began to work in government and industrial laboratories as much as in academic settings. Following World War II, the population of physicists increased dramatically, and came to be centered on the United ...
A golden age of physics began with the simultaneous discovery of the principle of the conservation of energy in the mid-19th century. [7] [8] A golden age of physics was the years 1925 to 1927. [9] The golden age of nonlinear physics was the period from 1950 to 1970, encompassing the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem and others. [10]
Pages in category "20th-century American physicists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,256 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "20th-century scientists" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. W. Adri van Westerop;