Physicist Collection (page 67)

Portrait of Isaac Newton
Engraving of Isaac Newton (1642-1727), English scientist & mathematician. In 1687 Newton published Principia Mathematica in which he stated the three laws of mechanics describing the motion of a

E. Rutherford in a group portrait at McGill Unive
Portrait of the New Zealand born physicist Sir Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937, right) at the McGill University, Canada. In 1903, together with F

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian physicist, born Izhevsk, Ryazan, September 17 1857, died Moscow, September 19, 1935. Handicapped by deafness & the inadequacies of education in Tsarist Russia

The New Zealand born physicist E. Rutheford

Zenobe Gramme (1826-1901), Belgian electrical engineer in his workshop. Gramme was interested in improving the efficiency of electrical devices

The New Zealand born physicist Sir E. Rutherford
The New Zealand born physicist Sir Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937). The photograph was taken to commemorate the Nobel Prize for chemistry which he received in 1908

Alexander Popov, Russian radio pioneer
Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859-1906), Russian radio pioneer and physicist. After joining the Navys Torpedo School at Kronstadt, Popov started experiments with radio

Wernher von Braun, German rocket pioneer
Dr Wernher von Braun (1912-77), German-American rocket pioneer. Von Braun is shown here in a coloured US army black-and-white photograph taken the day he became an American citizen in 1955

Charles Wheatstone, British physicist
Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), British physicist. Wheatstone study of acoustics and the theory of resonance of columns of air, lead to his 1829 invention of the concertina musical instrument

Joseph Henry, US physicist
Joseph Henry (1797-1878), American physicist. Henry improved the design of the electromagnet, using a soft iron core wrapped in many turns of wire

E. Rutherford at the Road Research Laboratory
The New Zealand born physicist Sir Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937, centre leaning on the bench) visiting the Road Research Laboratory. In 1903, together with F

Thomas Watson, telephone pioneer
Thomas A. Watson (1854-1934), US inventor and telephone pioneer. Watson is famous for being the assistant of Alexander Graham Bell, whom he helped to develop a practical and workable telephone

Galileos pendulum observations, 1582
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist, observing the pendulum-like swinging of a lamp in Pisa Cathedral, Italy, in 1582

Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg (1916-2009), Russian physicist and Nobel laureate. Since gaining his doctorate in physics in 1940, Ginzberg worked at the Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow

Joseph Henry, American physicist
Joseph Henry (1797-1878), American physicist. Henry made numerous discoveries in the field of electromagnetism. In 1829 he made the most powerful electromagnet then known

Early electron microscope being operated by a researcher. Electron microscopes use the wave-properties of electrons to examine samples at a higher magnification than would be possible using visible

Sergei Vernov, Soviet physicist
Sergei Nikolaevich Vernov (1910-1982), Soviet physicist. Vernov pioneered cosmic rays experiments in the stratosphere using radio balloons carrying specially designed equipment

Vladimir Zworykin, Russian engineer
Vladimir Zworykin (1889-1982), Russian engineer. Zworykin is famous for his development of a combined photoelectric cell and thermionic valve (seen here)

Vladimir Veksler, Soviet physicist
Vladimir Iosifovich Veksler (1907-1966), Soviet physicist. Veksler established the principles of modern particle accelerators

Sergey Vavilov, Soviet physicist
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891-1951), Soviet physicist, in a laboratory at the Physics Institute. Vavilovs work in optics included his co-discovery of the Vavilov-Cherenkov effect

Yakov Zeldovich, Soviet physicist
Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (1914-1987), Soviet physicist. Zeldovich joined the Soviet Atomic Project in 1943, working on nuclear weapons until 1963

Nikolay Semyonov, Soviet physicist
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov (1896-1986), Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on chemical kinetics and chain reactions

Vavilov and colleagues, Moscow, 1938
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891-1951, right), Soviet physicist, carrying out an experiment with colleagues in his laboratory

Dmitry Rozhdestvensky, Soviet physicist
Dmitry Syergeyevich Rozhdestvensky (1876-1940), Soviet physicist and industrialist. Rozhdestvensky, a professor at the University of St Petersburg

Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist
Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, inventing the barometer. Torricelli worked on the dynamics of falling bodies with B. Castelli

Lev Landau, Russian physicist, born in Baku, Azerbaijan on January 22, 1908, died in Moscow, April 1, 1968. Landau obtained his Ph.D

Irving Langmuir, American chemist
Irving Langmuir (1881-1957), American chemical physicist. Langmuirs most famous publication was his article The Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms and Molecules in which

James Joule, British physicist
James Joule (1818-1889), British physicist, measuring the heating in wires resulting from the passage of an electric current

Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist
Bruno Pontecorvo (1913-1993), Italian physicist. Pontecorvo studied at the University of Rome, working with Enrico Fermi. He was working in France when World War II broke out

James Prescott Joule, British physicist
James Prescott Joule (1818-1889), British physicist. Joule showed that different forms of energy are interchangeable, and that energy cannot be created or destroyed

Thomas Young, British physicist
Thomas Young (1773-1829), British physicist and Egyptologist. Young was a voracious reader as a child, and excelled at languages

Alexander Prokhorov, Russian physicist
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (1916-2002), Russian physicist and Nobel laureate, wearing his Hero of Socialist Labor (stars, double award) and Order of Lenin (round) medals

Fridrikh Tsander, Russian scientist
Fridrikh Tsander (1887-1933), Russian rocket pioneer. Tsander designed the first Soviet liquid- propellant rocket, which first flew in 1933. He died the same year from typhoid fever

Mikhail Yangel, Soviet rocket scientist
Mikhail Yangel (1911-1971), Soviet scientist. Yangel was one of the most important designers of liquid-fuelled rockets in the Soviet Union

Count Rumford, English-American physicist
Count Rumford (1753-1814), born Benjamin Thompson, English-American physicist and reformer. Born in Massachusetts, he joined the army at 18, acting as a secret agent for the British

Prokhorovs research group, Russia. Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (far left, 1916-2002), head of the Oscillation Laboratory at the Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia

Gaston Plante, French physicist
Gaston Plante (1834-1889), French physicist. Plante is famous for inventing the lead-acid battery in 1859. In 1854 he became a lecture assistant at the Paris-based Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers

Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist
Georg Simon Ohm (1787-1854), German physicist. Ohm worked on the relationship between electrical current and potential difference

Los Alamos ID photos of Robert & Kath Oppenheimer

Engraving of Hans Christian Oersted, a Danish physicist, born in 1777 and died in 1851. He is seen here with his assistant observing an experiment to demonstrate the effect of an electric current

Hubert Anson Newton, US astronomer
Hubert Anson Newton (1830-1896), US astronomer and mathematician. Newton studied mathematics at Yale University, USA, later becoming a professor and chairman of the mathematics department

Coloured engraving of Isaac Newton
Coloured engraving of Sir Isaac Newton (1642- 1727), the English physicist and mathematician. Newton was aged about 52 when this portrait (by Sir Godfrey Kneller) was engraved

Arkady Migdal, Russian physicist
Arkady Beinusovich Migdal (1911-1991), Russian physicist, giving a lecture. Migdal was born in Lithuania. He worked in the fields of particle and quantum physics

Ivan Meshchersky, Russian mathematician
Ivan Meshchersky (1859-1935), Russian mathematician. Meshchersky was an applied mathematician who earned his reputation in fluid mechanics, modelling the flow around a non-uniform wedge

Window where Marconi transmitted radio
Marconis window. The window from which Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) first transmitted radio signals from Villa Griffone at Pontecchio, near Bologna, Italy

Marconi birthplace and tomb
Marconis birthplace and tomb. Villa Griffone at Pontecchio near Bologna, Italy, the birthplace of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), Italian physicist

Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist
A reproduction of a portrait of Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov

Statue of Marconi
Marconi statue. Bust of Guglielmo Marconi (1874- 1937), Italian physicist, located at Villa Griffone near Bologna, Italy. It was at this villa that Marconi was born

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"Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe: A Glimpse into the World of Physicists" Step back in time to the historic Fifth Physics Congress Solvay, Brussels, 1927. This captivating black and white photo captures a gathering of brilliant minds, including renowned physicist Paul Dirac, who would later be awarded the Nobel Prize in 1933 for his groundbreaking contributions. Did you know that even Albert Einstein had a musical side? Witness him playing the violin with passion and grace, showcasing his multifaceted talents beyond physics. Another notable figure in this illustrious field is Erwin Schrodinger, whose pioneering work laid the foundation for quantum mechanics. His famous thought experiment involving a cat both alive and dead simultaneously continues to baffle and intrigue scientists today. Richard Feynman's caricature adds a touch of humor to this collection. Known for his charismatic personality and exceptional teaching skills, Feynman made complex concepts accessible to all. Fast forward to modern times at CERN's CMS detector – an awe-inspiring feat of engineering that allows physicists to explore fundamental particles like never before. The pursuit of knowledge knows no bounds. The invention of the mass spectrometer in 1954 revolutionized scientific research by enabling precise analysis of atomic and molecular structures. It opened up new avenues for understanding matter on a microscopic level. Ludwig Boltzmann left an indelible mark on physics during his lifetime from 1844-1906. As an Austrian physicist, he made significant contributions to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. Witness E. Rutherford conducting experiments at Cavendish Laboratory – where groundbreaking discoveries about atomic structure were made under his guidance. His work paved the way for our understanding of nuclear physics. Werner Heisenberg's uncertainty principle challenged our perception of reality itself – revealing inherent limitations in measuring certain properties simultaneously with precision. Lastly but certainly not least is Niels Henrik David Bohr, a towering figure in quantum mechanics.