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Jan 1, 1544
William Gilbert
William hypothesized that the Earth is a giant magnet. -
Jan 1, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Discovered mountains and craters on the moon of Venus, and the four largest satelites of Jupiter, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede. -
Jan 2, 1580
Willebrod Snell
Discovered law of refraction. -
Galileo Galilei
Overturns a theory that heavier objects fall faster then lighter objects. -
Robert Hooke
Discovered Hooke's law of elasticity. -
Sir Isaac Newton
Developed theory of gravitation. -
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Multiple scientists
Nuclear technology is discovered. -
Isaac Newton
States the three laws of motion. -
Benjamin Franklin
Became the first American physicists. -
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Developed new methods of analytical mechanics. -
Sadi Carnot
Founded the science of thermodynamics. -
James Prescott Joule
Discovered mechanical equivalent of heat. -
Josef Stefan
Studied blackbody radiation. -
Nikola Tesla
Created alternating currents. -
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein discovers the E=mc2 theory about energy equaling mass times the speed of light squared. -
Sources!!!
Manley, Mark. "Famous Physicists." Kent. N.p., 25 2012. Web. 1 Jan 2013. http://cnr2.kent.edu/~manley/physicists.html;. Creekmore, Trisha. "The Science Channel." The Science Channel. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Jan 2013. http://science.discovery.com/convergence/100discoveries/big100/physics.html.