Masters of Physics By hara Dec 25, 1642 Newton's Birth Period: Dec 25, 1642 to Mar 20, 1726 Newton Sir Isaac Newton Jun 13, 1831 Maxwell' s Birth Period: Jun 13, 1831 to Nov 5, 1879 Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell Jan 10, 1979 Electroweak theory - Nobel prize - Salam - Glashow - Weinberg Nobel prize Period: Jan 10, 1979 to Jan 11, 1979 Glashow - Salam - Weinberg Model - Nobel Prize Nobel prize 1979 electroweak theory Jul 4, 2012 Discovery of Higgs Boson Higgs Boson