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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 .
King-Wai Yau (Chinese-born American, 1948–) — fundamental contributions to understanding the mechanisms of sensory transduction in rod, cone, and non-image visual systems and in olfaction Ada Yonath (Israeli, 1939–) — winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (with Steitz and Ramakrishnan) for solving the crystal structure of the ...
Theodor Schwann (1810–1882), German physician and physiologist whose major contribution to biology was the extension of cell theory to animals; Neena Schwartz (1926–2018), American endocrinologist known for her work on female reproductive biology
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.
"for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell" [74] Christian de Duve (1917–2013) Belgium: George E. Palade (1912–2008) Romania United States: 1975 David Baltimore (b. 1938) United States "for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell" [75]
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"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.