Burton Richter is an American scientist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1976 for his work on the discovery of a new subatomic particle ‘psi’. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Brian Josephson is a Welsh theoretical physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 for his prediction of the Josephson Effect. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician and physicist who laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities. This biography of Blaise Pascal provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Bertram Brockhouse was a Nobel Prize-winning Canadian physicist who is remembered for his development of the neutron-scattering technique. This biography profiles his childhood, life, academic & research career, achievements and timeline.
Ben Roy Mottelson is an American-Danish nuclear physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975. This biography profiles his childhood, life, academic career, achievements and timeline.
Augustine-Jean Fresnel was a French physicist and engineer who made valuable contribution in the field of wave optics. Know more about his life in this brief biography.
Arthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics. This biography of Arthur Leonard Schawlow provides detailed information about his childhood, life, research career, achievements, works & timeline.
Arnold Sommerfeld was a theoretical physicist, who established the azimuthal and spin quantum numbers, and mathematical proof of X-ray wave theory. To know more about his childhood, profile, timeline and career read on
Arno Allan Penzias is an American physicist and radio astronomer who won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1978. This biography of Arno Allan Penzias provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Archimedes was one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians ever born who made incredible inventions and discoveries. This biography profiles his childhood, life, works, discoveries, experiments, achievements and timeline.
Anders Celsius was a Swedish astronomer and physicist who proposed the Celsius temperature scale and founded the Uppsala Observatory. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Amedeo Avogadro was an Italian scientist who formulated what is now known as Avogadro's law. This biography of Amedeo Avogadro provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Allan McLeod Cormack was a South African-American physicist, who received the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life, career, research, achievements and timeline.
Alfred Kastler was a French physicist who was awarded the ‘Nobel Prize in Physics’ in 1966. This biography of Kastler provides detailed information about his childhood, life, research career, achievements and timeline.
Aleksandr Prokhorov was a Soviet physicist who earned the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on laser-maser principle. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Albert Einstein is known as the father of modern physics. This biography profiles his childhood, family, personal life, achievements, death and timeline.
Albert Abraham Michelson was the first American scientist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on finding the speed of light. This biography profiles his childhood, life, career, achievements and timeline.
Abdus Salam was a renowned scientist who belonged to Pakistan. Salam was the first and only recipient of the ‘Nobel Prize’ from his country. This biography provides detailed information about her childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Aaron Klug, a chemist and biophysicist, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Read this biography to know more about the life and works.
Aage Niels Bohr was a Nobel Prize winning nuclear physicist. This biography profiles his childhood, life, research career, achievements and timeline.
A top-class French mathematician and physicist, Joseph Fourier brought about a revolution in science with his research. This biography profiles his childhood, life, research, contributions, achievements and timeline.
A physicist and science historian, Abraham Pais is known for his works on particle physics and his biography on Albert Einstein. To know more about his childhood, profile, timeline and career read on.
A great French physicist and mathematician, Andre Marie Ampere is remembered for his contribution towards of classical electromagnetism. Read on to learn about his profile, childhood, life and timeline.