The most important physicists by Amanda Franco, Miguel Cardenas, Andrea Palacios, Diana Aparicio

Aristotle

Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE

he made pioneering contributions to all fields of philosophy and science, he invented the field of formal logic, and he identified the various scientific disciplines and explored their relationships to each other. Anselm H. Amadio . (2020). Aristotle. 3/2/2021, de Britannica Sitio web: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aristotle

Archimedes

Period: 287 BCE to 212 BCE

He discovered the relation between the surface and volume of a sphere and its circumscribing cylinder. Gerald J. Toomer. (2021). Archimedes. 3/2/2021, de Britannica Sitio web: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Archimedes

Galileo Galilei

Period: 1564 to 1642

He made fundamental contributions to the sciences of motion, astronomy, and strength of materials and to the development of the scientific method. He also made revolutionary telescopic discoveries, including the four largest moons of Jupiter. Albert Van Helden. (2021). Galileo. 3/2/2021, de Britannica Sitio web: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Galileo-Galilei

Isaac Newton

Period: 1642 to 1726

He developed and named the laws of motion, he also discovered gravity and its universal principles. P. B. (2021b, febrero 3). Isaac Newton: biografía y resumen de sus aportes a la ciencia. médico+. https://medicoplus.com/biografias/isaac-newtonValenzuela

Michael Faraday

Period: 1791 to 1867

He produced an electric current from a magnetic field, invented the first electric motor and dynamo, demonstrated the relation between electricity and chemical bonding, discovered the effect of magnetism on light, and discovered and named diamagnetism. L. Pearce Williams. (2021). Michael Farday. 3/2/2021, de Britannica Sitio web: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Faraday

James Clerk Maxwell

Period: 1831 to 1879

He formulated the electromagnetic theory implying the concepts of electricity and magnetism. I. (2018, 14 marzo). James Clerk Maxwell, el padre de la teoría electromagnética. VIX. https://www.vix.com/es/btg/curiosidades/6099/james-clerk-maxwell-el-padre-de-la-teoria-electromagnetica

Marie Curie

Period: 1867 to 1934

She discovered the radium and polonium, and contributed to finding treatments for cancer. Mary Bagley. (2019). Marie Curie: Facts & Biography. 3/2/2021, de Live Science Sitio web: https://www.livescience.com/38907-marie-curie-facts-biography.html#:~:text=Marie%20Curie%20was%20a%20physicist,the%20elements%20polonium%20and%20radium.&text=She%20worked%20extensively%20with%20radium,and%20investigating%20its%20therapeutic%20potential

Ernest Rutherford

Period: 1871 to 1937

Postulated the nuclear structure of the atom, discovered alpha and beta rays, and proposed the laws of radioactive decay. Science History Institute. (2021). Ernest Rutherford. 3/2/2021, de Science History Institute Sitio web: https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/ernest-rutherford#:~:text=A%20consummate%20experimentalist%2C%20Rutherford%20

Albert Einstein

Period: 1879 to 1955

He developed the famous equation for energy and mass E=mc2, he also developed the theory of relativity and made huge contributions to the quantum theory. Prieto, P. B. (2021a, febrero 3). Albert Einstein: biografía y resumen de sus aportes a la ciencia. Médico+. https://medicoplus.com/biografias/albert-einsteinPrieto

Niels Bohr

Period: 1885 to 1962

Proposed a theory for the hydrogen atom based on quantum theory that energy is transferred only in certain well defined quantities. Electrons should move around the nucleus but only in prescribed orbits. Nobel Lectures. (2021). Niels Bohr Facts. 3/2/2021, de Nobel Foundation Sitio web: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1922/bohr/facts/