biographies on PlanetPhysics-org
BiographiesOnPlanetPhysicsOrg
2009-01-14 17:19:22
2009-03-15 15:25:42
Topic
eminent physicists' biographies
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This entry lists the available biographies on PlanetPhysics.org.
\begin{itemize}
\item \PMlinkname{Albert Einstein; NP.1921-phe}{AlbertEinstein}
\item \PMlinkname{Alexander Grothendieck; FM1966}{AlexanderGrothendieck}
\item \PMlinkname{Anderson, P.W.; NP1977-es}{P.W. Anderson}
\item \PMlinkname{Abragam, Anatole}{AnatoleAbragam}
\item \PMlinkname{Abrikosov, Alexei, A.; NP2003-qsm}{AlexeiAbrikosov}
\item \PMlinkname{Archimedes}{Archimedes}
\item \PMlinkname{Aristotle}{Aristotle}
\item \PMlinkname{Aspect, Alain}{AlainAspect}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Michael, Francis, Atiyah}{SirMichaelAtiyah}
\item \PMlinkname{Bardeen, John; NP1972-smc; NP1972-spc}{JohnBardeen}
\item \PMlinkname{Becquerel, Antoine, Henri; NP1903-nrad}{AntoineBecquerel}
\item \PMlinkname{Bellman, Richard, Ernest}{RichardBellman}
\item \PMlinkname{Birkhoff, George David}{GeorgeBirkhoff}
\item \PMlinkname{Bloch, Felix; NP1952-nmr}{FelixBloch}
\item \PMlinkname{Bloembergen, Nicolaas}{NicolaasBloembergen}
\item \PMlinkname{Bohr, Niels, Henrik, David; NP1922-qm}{NielsBohr}
\item \PMlinkname{`Bourbaki, Nicolas'}{NicolasBourbaki}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir William, Henry Bragg; NP1915-xrd}{WilliamHBragg}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Lawrence, Bragg; NP1915-xrd}{SirLawrenceBragg}
\item \PMlinkname{Brattain, Walter, Houser; NP1956-smc}{WalterBrattain}
\item \PMlinkname{Brown,Ronald}{HigherDimensionalAlgebraHDA};
\PMlinkexternal{Ronald Brown}{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Brown_(mathematician)}
\item \PMlinkname{Carnot, Nicolas, L\'eonard, Sadi}{NicolasSadiCarnot}
\item \PMlinkname{Cartan, Joseph, \'Elie}{ElieJCartan}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir James, Chadwick ; NP1935-neutron}{JamesChadwick}
\item \PMlinkname{Choquet-Bruhat, Yvonne}{YvonneChoquet}
\item \PMlinkname{Compton, Arthur, Holly; NP1927}{ArthurCompton}
\item \PMlinkname{Connes, Alain; FM1982-ncg}{AlainConnes}
\item \PMlinkname{Cooper, Leon; NP1972-spc}{LeonCooper}
\item \PMlinkname{Copernicus, Nicolaus}{Nicolausopernicus}
\item \PMlinkname{Crick, Francis}{FrancisCrick}
\item \PMlinkname{Curie (n\'ee Sklodowska), Marie; NP1903-rad}{MarieCurie}
\item \PMlinkname{Curie, Pi\'erre; NP1903-rad,mg}{PierreCurie}
\item \PMlinkname{Joliot (Curie), Frederick;NP1930-ch-rad}{FrederickJoliot}
\item \PMlinkname{Curie, Julie; NP1930-ch-rad}{JulieCurie}
\item \PMlinkname{Dalton}{Dalton}
\item \PMlinkname{Prince Louis-Victor, Pierre,Raymond, de Broglie; NP1929-qm}{LouisdeBroglie}
\item \PMlinkname{de Gennes, Pierre-Gilles; NP1991-cmpx}{Pierre-GillesdeGennes}
\item \PMlinkname{Deligne, Pierre Ren\'e; FM1978}{PierreDeligne}
\item \PMlinkname{Descartes, Ren\'e}{Cartesius}
\item \PMlinkname{Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice; NP1933-qm}{PaulDirac}
\item \PMlinkname{Drinfel'd, Vladimir, Gershonovich; FM1990-qt}{VladimirDrinfeld}
\item \PMlinkname{Dyson, Freeman}{FreemanDyson}
\item \PMlinkname{Euler, Leonhard}{EulerLeonhard}
\item \PMlinkname{Fermi, Enrico; NP1938-nph}{EnricoFermi}
\item \PMlinkname{Feynman, Richard; NP1965-qed}{RichardFeynman}
\item \PMlinkname{Fields, John Charles}{JohnCharlesFields}
\item \PMlinkname{Fourier, Joseph }{JosephFourier}
\item \PMlinkname{Franklin, Benjamin}{BenjaminFranklin}
\item \PMlinkname{Franklin, Rosalind}{RosalindFranklin}
\item \PMlinkname{A.J. Fresnel}{AFresnel}
\item \PMlinkname{Frobenius, Georg}{GeorgFrobenius}
\item \PMlinkname{Fr\"ohlich, Herbert, FRS}{HerbertFr\"ohlich}
\item \PMlinkname{Galilei, Galileo}{GalileoGalilei}
\item \PMlinkname{Galois, \'Evariste}{EvaristeGalois}
\item \PMlinkname{Gauss, Carl Friedrich}{CarlFriedrichGauss}
\item \PMlinkname{Gell-Mann, Murray}{MurrayGellMann}
\item \PMlinkname{Gibbs,Josiah Willard}{WillardGibbs}
\item \PMlinkname{Goeppert-Mayer, Maria; NP1963-nshs}{MariaGoeppert-Mayer}
\item \PMlinkexternal{Grecu, Voicu, Vlad}{http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voicu_Vlad_Grecu}
\item \PMlinkexternal{Gutowski, Herbert, Sander}{http://chemistry.illinois.edu/about/illini_chemists/Herbert_Gutowsky.html}(\PMlinkexternal{Gutowski, Herbert, S.}{http://books.nap.edu/html/biomems/hgutowsky.pdf})
\item \PMlinkname{Hamilton, William Rowan}{WilliamHamilton}
\item \PMlinkname{Hamilton, Richard}{RichardHamilton}
\item \PMlinkname{Hahn, Erwin, NP1956-nmr}{ErwinHahn}
\item \PMlinkname{Hahn, Otto}{OttoHahn}
\item \PMlinkname{Hanke, W.}{W.Hanke}
\item \PMlinkname{Hawking, Stephen William}{StephenWilliamHAWKING}
\item \PMlinkname{Heisenberg, Werner}{WernerHeisenberg}
\item \PMlinkname{Heron of Alexandria}{Heron}
\item \PMlinkname{Herz, Gustav, Ludwig; NP1925-emf}{GustavHerz}
\item \PMlinkname{Hilbert, David}{DavidHilbert}
\item \PMlinkname{Hooft, G\'erardus$'t; NP1999-nab-qft$}{G\'erardus-t Hooft}
\item \PMlinkexternal{Ionescu, Theodor, V.}{http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_V._Ionescu}
\item \PMlinkname{Jeneer, Jean}{JeanJeneer}
\item \PMlinkname{Josephson, Brian; NP1958-qth-tJe}{BrianJosephson}
\item \PMlinkname{Kapitsa, Piotr}{PiotrKapitsa}
\item \PMlinkname{Kaplan, Daniel}{DanielKaplan}
\item \PMlinkname{Karreman, George}{GeorgeKarreman}
\item \PMlinkname{Konsevitch, Maxim; FM1998}{MaximKonsevitch}
\item \PMlinkname{Kuchar, Karel}{KarelKuchar}
\item \PMlinkname{Lanczos, Cornelius}{CorneliusLanczos}
\item \PMlinkname{Landau, Lev, Davidovich, NP1962-thm-qsm}{LevLandau}
\item \PMlinkname{Langevin, Paul}{PaulLangevin}
\item \PMlinkname{Lauterbur, Paul; NP2005-mri}{PaulLuterbur}
\item \PMlinkname{Lawvere, William}{WilliamFrancisLawvere}
\item \PMlinkexternal{Sir Anthony, J. Leggett; NP2003-qsm-qt}{http://physics.illinois.edu/people/profile.asp?aleggett}
\item \PMlinkexternal{Levi-Civita,Tullio}{http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=59054}
\item \PMlinkname{Lorenz, Edward, Norton}{EdwardLorenz}
\item \PMlinkname{Lorentz, Hendrik, Antoon; NP1902-rth}{HendrikLorentz}
\item \PMlinkname{\L{}ukasiewicz, Jan}{JanLukasiewicz}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Mansfield, Peter; NP2005-mri}{SirPeterMansfield}
\item \PMlinkname{Michelson, Albert, Abraham; NP1907-op-rth}{AlbertMichelson}
\item \PMlinkname{Millikan, Robert, Andrews; NP1923-ecge}{RobertAMillikan}
\item \PMlinkname{Moisil, Grigore}{GrigoreMoisil}
\item \PMlinkname{N\'eel, Louis, Eugene, Felix; NP1970-mag}{LouisN\'eel}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Nevill, Francis, Mott; NP1970-esq}{SirNevilleMott}
\item \PMlinkname{Yoichiro Nambu; Makoto Kobayashi; Toshihide Maskawa; NP.2008}{YoichiroNambu}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Isaac, Newton}{SirIsaacNewton}
\item \PMlinkname{Nobel, Alfred}{Alfred Nobel}
\item \PMlinkname{Noether, Amalie Emmy}{AmalieNoether}
\item \PMlinkname{Onnes, Heike Kamerlingh; NP1913-spc}{KamerlinghHOnnes}
\item \PMlinkname{$\, P\check{a}v\check{a}loiu, Ion$}{http://planetphysics.org/encyclopedia/IonPavaloiu.html}
\item \PMlinkname{Pauli, Wolfgang;NP1943-qt}{WolfgangPauli}
\item \PMlinkname{Pauling, Linus}{LinusPauling}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Roger, Penrose}{RogerPenrose}
\item \PMlinkname{Perelman, Grigori}{GrigoriPerelman}
\item \PMlinkname{Planck, Karl, Ernst ,Ludwig, Planck; NP1918-thm}{MaxPlanck}
\item \PMlinkname{Poincar\'{e}, Jules Henri}{JulesHenriPoincare}
\item \PMlinkname{Popescu, Nicolae}{PopescuNicolae}
\item \PMlinkname{P\'{o}lya, George (P\'{o}lya Gy\"orgy)}{GeorgePolya}
\item \PMlinkname{Prigogine, Ilyia}{IlyiaPrigogine}
\item \PMlinkname{Procopiu, Stefan}{StefanProcopiu}
\item \PMlinkname{Purcell, Edward, Mills; NP1952-nmr}{EdwardPurcell}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS, NP1930}{RamanCV}
\item \PMlinkname{Ramanujan, Srinivasa}{SrinivasaRamanujan}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir John, Randahl}{SirJohnRandahl}
\item \PMlinkname{Rashevsky, Nicolas}{NicolasRashevsky}
\item \PMlinkname{(Lord) John William Strutt Rayleigh;NP 1904-osc}{JohnWRayleigh}
\item \PMlinkname{Ricci-Curbastro,Gregorio}{GregorioRicci-Curbastro}
\item \PMlinkname{Riemann, Bernhard }{RiemannBernhard}
\item \PMlinkname{R\"ontgen, Conrad, Wilhelm; NP1901-xray}{R\"ontgen, Wilhelm}
\item \PMlinkname{Rosen, Robert}{RobertRosen}
\item \PMlinkname{Rutherford, Ernst}{ErnstRutherford}
\item \PMlinkname{Salaam, Abdul; NP1968-qew}{AbdulSalaam}
\item \PMlinkname{Shockley, William; NP1956-smc}{WilliamShockley}
\item \PMlinkname{Schwinger, Julian, Seymour; NP1965-qed}{JulianSchwinger}
\item \PMlinkname{Schrieffer, John ; NP1972-spc}{JohnSchrieffer}
\item \PMlinkname{Schr\"odinger, Erwin, Rudolf, Josef, NP1933-qm}{ErwinSchr\"odinger}
\item \PMlinkname{Serre, Jean-Pierre; FM1954}{Jean-PierreSerre}
\item \PMlinkname{Shannon, Claude, Elwood}{ClaudeShannon}
\item \PMlinkname{Slichter, Charles, P.}{CharlesSlichter}
\item \PMlinkname{Solomon, Ionel; SP1978-nmr}{IonelSolomon}
\item \PMlinkname{Sommerfeld, Arnold, Johannes, Wilhelm; -qm}{ArnoldSommerfeld}
\item \PMlinkname{Stern, Otto; NP1943-nf}{OttoStern}
\item \PMlinkname{Tesla, Nicola}{NicolaTesla}
\item \PMlinkexternal{Thom, Ren\'e; FM1958-top}{http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Thom.html}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Joseph John Thomson; NP1906-aph}{JosephJThomson}
\item \PMlinkname{Thurston, William, Paul; FM1982}{WilliamThurston}
\item \PMlinkname{Tomonaga,Sin-Itiro}{Sin-ItiroTomonaga}
\item \PMlinkname{Turing, Alan}{AlanTuring}
\item \PMlinkname{Young, Thomas}{ThomasYoung}
\item \PMlinkname{Yukawa,Hideki; NP1949-nph-mes}{Hideki Yukawa}
\item \PMlinkname{Van Vleck, John H.; NP1977-ssd}{JohnHVanVleck}
\item \PMlinkname{Van der Waals, Johannes Diderik; NP1910-mph}{JohannesVanderWaals}
\item \PMlinkname{Veltman, Martinus, J.G.; NP1999-nabqt}{MartinusJ.G.Veltman}
\item \PMlinkname{von Laue, Max, Theodor, Felix; NP1914-xrd}{MaxvonLaue}
\item \PMlinkname{von Neumann, John}{JohnVonNeumann}
\item \PMlinkname{Weinberg, Steven; NP1968-qt-ewk}{StevenWeinberg}
\item \PMlinkname{Weinstein, Alan}{AlanWeinstein}
\item \PMlinkname{Weyl, Hermann}{HermannWeyl}
\item \PMlinkname{Wheeler, John Archibald}{JohnWheeler}
\item \PMlinkname{Wiener, Norbert}{NorbertWiener}
\item \PMlinkname{Wigner, Eugene, Paul; NP1963-qt}{EugeneWigner}
\item \PMlinkname{Wilkins, Maurice F.}{MauriceFWilkins}
\item \PMlinkname{Witten, Edward; FM1990-qm}{Edward Witten}
\item \PMlinkname{W\"utrich, Kurt; NP2003}{KurtW\"utrich}
\item \PMlinkname{XX, YY}{XXYY}
\end{itemize}
See also
\begin{itemize}
\item \PMlinkexternal{Nobel Prizes in Physics: A List by year from the SLAC Library in USA}{http://www.slac.stanford.edu/library/nobel/}
\item \PMlinkexternal{The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive}{http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/}
\end{itemize}
* Notations:
$$NPyr-fi = Nobel \, prize \, + \, year \, -field:\, NMR = -nmr;\, MRI= \, -mri;$$
$$ \, Photoelectric \, Effect = \, phe ; Quantum \, Mechanics\ Theory= \,qm\ qt;$$
$$ \, solid-state \, (magnetic)\, dipolar = -ssd; \, Superconductivity = \, -spc;$$
$$ \, Semiconductors \,= \,-smc ; = \,Electrons \,in\, solids \, = \, es.$$
$$FMyr = Fields \, Medal \, + \, year$$