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The famous image of Einstein taken by International News photographer Arthur Sasse in 1951. Einstein became one of the most famous scientific celebrities after the confirmation of his general theory of relativity in 1919. [321] [322] [323] Although most of the public had little understanding of his work, he was widely recognized and admired.
Carl Sagan, seen here with a model of Viking lander, popularized the aphorism. " Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence " (sometimes shortened to ECREE), [ 1 ] also known as the Sagan standard, is an aphorism popularized by science communicator Carl Sagan. He used the phrase in his 1979 book Broca's Brain and the 1980 television ...
Carl Edward Sagan (/ ˈ s eɪ ɡ ən /; SAY-gən; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator.His best known scientific contribution is his research on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by exposure to light.
Contents. There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom. " There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom: An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics " was a lecture given by physicist Richard Feynman at the annual American Physical Society meeting at Caltech on December 29, 1959. [ 1 ] Feynman considered the possibility of direct manipulation of individual ...
Clarke's three laws. British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated three adages that are known as Clarke's three laws, of which the third law is the best known and most widely cited. They are part of his ideas in his extensive writings about the future. [1]
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out is a collection of short works from American physicist Richard Feynman, including interviews, speeches, lectures, and printed articles.. Among these is his famous 1959 lecture "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom", his report on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, and his speech on scientific integrity in which he coined the term "cargo cult scien
Richard Phillips Feynman (/ ˈ f aɪ n m ə n /; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist.He is known for the work he did 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.
Marie Curie's birthplace, 16 Freta Street, Warsaw, Poland. Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie [a] (Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska kʲiˈri] ⓘ; née Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie (/ ˈ k j ʊər i / KURE-ee; [1] French: [maʁi kyʁi]), was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on ...