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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 .
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.
"in recognition of his work on the role played by protozoa in causing diseases" [19] 1908 Élie Metchnikoff (1845–1916) Russia "in recognition of their work on immunity" [20] Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915) Germany: 1909 Emil Theodor Kocher (1841–1917) Switzerland "for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland" [21] 1910
Charles Jean Henri Nicolle (1866–1936) — microbiologist who won Nobel prize for work on typhus; Ian Olver (born 1953) Gary Onik (born 1952) — inventor and pioneer of ultrasound guided cryosurgery for both the prostate and the liver; William Osler (1849–1919) — "father of modern medicine"
For systemic use of experimentation in science and contributions to scientific method, physics and observational astronomy. The work of Principia by Newton, who also refined the scientific method, and who is widely regarded as the most important figure of the Scientific Revolution. [4] [5] Science (ancient) Thales (c. 624/623 – c. 548/545 BC ...
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"for his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him" [15] 1929 Louis de Broglie (1892–1987) French "for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons" [39] 1930 C. V. Raman (1888–1970) Indian "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him" [40] 1931
George Palade — Nobel Laureate in physiology or medicine for protein secretion and cell ultra-structure from electron microscopy studies; Linus Pauling — co-discoverer (with Robert Corey) of the alpha helix and beta sheet structures in proteins; Max Perutz — pioneer of protein crystallography