biographies on PlanetPhysics-org
BiographiesOnPlanetPhysicsOrg
2009-01-14 17:19:22
2009-02-21 19:23:54
Topic
eminent physicists' biographies
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This entry lists the available biographies on PlanetPhysics.org.
\begin{itemize}
\item \PMlinkname{Albert Einstein}{AlbertEinstein}
\item \PMlinkname{Alexander Grothendieck}{AlexanderGrothendieck}
\item \PMlinkname{Anderson, P.W.}{P.W. Anderson}
\item \PMlinkname{Aristotle}{Aristotle}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Michael Francis Atiyah}{SirMichaelAtiyah}
\item \PMlinkname{Bardeen, John}{JohnBardeen}
\item \PMlinkname{Bloch, Andr\'{e}}{AndreBloch}
\item \PMlinkname{Bohr, Niels}{Niels Bohr}
\item \PMlinkname{`Bourbaki, Nicolas'}{NicolasBourbaki}
\item \PMlinkname{Brown,}{HigherDimensionalAlgebraHDA}
\PMlinkexternal{Ronald}{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Brown_(mathematician)}
\item \PMlinkname{Cartan, Joseph, \'Elie,}{ElieJCartan}
\item \PMlinkname{Chadwick, James}{JamesChadwick}
\item \PMlinkname{Crick, Francis}{FrancisCrick}
\item \PMlinkname{Curie (n\'ee Sklodowska), Marie}{MarieCurie}
\item \PMlinkname{Curie ,Pi\'erre}{PierreCurie}
\item \PMlinkname{Joliot (Curie), Frederick}{FrederickJoliot}
\item \PMlinkname{Curie, Julie}{JulieCurie}
\item \PMlinkname{deBroglie, Louis}{LouisdeBroglie}
\item \PMlinkname{Dirac, Paul A.M}{PaulDirac}
\item \PMlinkname{Drinfel'd, Vladimir}{VladimirDrinfeld}
\item \PMlinkname{Euler, Leonhard}{EulerLeonhard}
\item \PMlinkname{Feynman, Richard}{RichardFeynman}
\item \PMlinkname{Fields, John Charles}{JohnCharlesFields}
\item \PMlinkname{Fourier, Joseph }{JosephFourier}
\item \PMlinkname{Franklin, Benjamin}{BenjaminFranklin}
\item \PMlinkname{Franklin, Rosalind}{RosalindFranklin}
\item \PMlinkname{Frobenius, Georg}{GeorgFrobenius}
\item \PMlinkname{Galois, \'Evariste}{EvaristeGalois}
\item \PMlinkname{Gauss, Carl Friedrich}{CarlFriedrichGauss}
\item \PMlinkname{Gell-Mann, Murray }{MurrayGellMann}
\item \PMlinkname{Hawking, Stephen William}{StephenWilliamHAWKING}
\item \PMlinkname{Jeneer, Jean}{JeanJeneer}
\item \PMlinkname{Josephson, Brian}{BrianJosephson}
\item \PMlinkname{Kapitsa, Piotr}{PiotrKapitsa}
\item \PMlinkname{Karreman, George}{GeorgeKarreman}
\item \PMlinkname{Konsevitch, Maxim}{MaximKonsevitch}
\item \PMlinkname{Lawvere, William}{WilliamFrancisLawvere}
\item \PMlinkname{Langevin, Paul}{PaulLangevin}
\item \PMlinkname{Lauterbur, Paul}{PaulLuterbur}
\item \PMlinkname{\L{}ukasiewicz, Jan}{JanLukasiewicz}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Mansfield, Peter}{SirPeterMansfield}
\item \PMlinkname{Moisil, Grigore}{GrigoreMoisil}
\item \PMlinkname{N\'eel, Louis}{LouisN\'eel}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Neville, Mott}{SirNevilleMott}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Isaac, Newton}{SirIsaacNewton}
\item \PMlinkname{Pauling, Linus}{LinusPauling}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Roger, Penrose}{RogerPenrose}
\item \PMlinkname{Perelman, Grigori}{GrigoriPerelman}
\item \PMlinkname{Poincar\'{e}, Jules Henri}{JulesHenriPoincare}
\item \PMlinkname{P\'{o}lya, George (P\'{o}lya Gy\"orgy)}{GeorgePolya}
\item \PMlinkname{Ramanujan, Srinivasa}{SrinivasaRamanujan}
\item \PMlinkname{Sir Randahl, John}{SirJohnRandahl}
\item \PMlinkname{Rashevsky, Nicolas}{NicolasRashevsky}
\item \PMlinkname{Riemann, Bernhard}{BernhardRiemann}
\item \PMlinkname{Rosen, Robert}{RobertRosen}
\item \PMlinkname{Rutherford, Ernst}{ErnstRutherford}
\item \PMlinkname{Salaam, Abdul}{AbdulSalaam}
\item \PMlinkname{Van Vleck, John H.}{JohnHVanVleck}
\item \PMlinkname{von Neumann, John}{JohnVonNeumann}
\item \PMlinkname{Weinberg, Stephen}{StephenWeinberg}
\item \PMlinkname{Wilkins, Maurice F.}{MauriceFWilkins}
\item \PMlinkname{W\"utrich, Kurt}{KurtW\"utrich}
\item \PMlinkname{XX YY}{XXYY}
\end{itemize}
See also
\begin{itemize}
\item \PMlinkexternal{The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive}{http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/}
\end{itemize}