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Following is a list of physicists who are notable for their achievements. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
"for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique" Theodor W. Hänsch (b. 1941) German 2006 John C. Mather (b. 1946) American "for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation" [109] George Smoot (b. 1945) 2007 ...
The following is a partial list of notable theoretical physicists. Arranged by century of birth, then century of death, then year of birth, then year of death, then alphabetically by surname. For explanation of symbols, see Notes at end of this article.
The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
Liu Xiaobo, Carl von Ossietzky and Aung San Suu Kyi were all awarded their Nobel Prize while in prison or detention. [10] Two Nobel laureates, Jean-Paul Sartre (Literature, 1964) and Lê Ðức Thọ (Peace, 1973), declined the award; Sartre declined the award as he declined all official honors, and Thọ declined the award due to the situation ...
Polish Physical Society: Significant contributions in physics Russia: Bogolyubov Prize for young scientists: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research: Young researchers in theoretical physics Russia: Bogolyubov Prize: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research: Outstanding contribution to theoretical physics and applied mathematics Russia: Bruno ...
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Richard Phillips Feynman (/ ˈ f aɪ n m ə n /; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist.He is best known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and in particle physics, for which he proposed the parton model.