Stats: Most Important Physicists

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Born:	Known for:	Answer	% Correct
1879, Ulm	Theory of relativity (special and general)Mass-energy equivalence Photoelectric effect (light wave-particle duality) Brownian motion Field equations, cosmological constant Quantum statistical mechanics	Albert Einstein	91%
1643, Kensington	Classical mechanics Laws of motion Universal gravitation Calculus Optics	Isaac Newton	89%
1885, Copenhagen	Planetary model of the atom with discrete energy levels Creating the term "correspondence principle" Complementarity	Niels Bohr	85%
1904, Princeton	Director of the Manhattan project An approximation treating electrons and nuclei separately	J. Robert Oppenheimer	83%
c.287 BC, Syracuse	Buoyancy principle Law of the lever Center of gravity	Archimedes	79%
1564, Pisa	Analitical mechanics Heliocentrism Kinematics	Galileo Galilei	79%
1473, Toruń	Heliocentrism	Nicolaus Copernicus	77%
1867, Warsaw	Discovering polonium and radium Researching radioactivity	Marie Curie	74%
1859, Paris	Discovering piezoelectricity Discovering polonium and radium Researching radioactivity	Pierre Curie	72%
1942, Oxford	Black hole radiation Gravitational sigularity	Stephen Hawking	68%
1901, Würzburg	Uncertainty principle A complete quantum theory using matrix algebra	Werner Heisenberg	68%
1871, Brightwater	Discovering the atomic nucleus Discovering protons Discovering radon	Ernest Rutherford	66%
1571, Weil der Stadt	Laws of planetary motion	Johannes Kepler	66%
1887, Vienna	A fundamental equation of quantum mechanics Cat thought experiment	Erwin Schrödinger	60%
1845, Remscheid	Discovering X-rays	Wilhelm Röntgen	57%
1858, Kiel	Proposed energy is emitted in discrete packets (quanta) A constant relating energy and frequency Solving the ultraviolet catastrophe	Max Planck	53%
1901, Rome	Half-integer spin particles The first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction Critical mass calculations for the Manhattan project	Enrico Fermi	51%
1789, Erlangen	Proportionality between current and voltage	Georg Ohm	51%
1831, Edinburgh	Unifying the theories of electricity, magnetism and light 4 equations which capture electromagnetism Statistical mechanics	James Clerk Maxwell	51%
1791, Newington Butts	Discovering electromagnetic induction The concept of electromagnetic field Diamagnetism Electrolysis	Michael Faraday	51%
1656, Haggerston	Computation of a comet's periodicity	Edmond Halley	49%
1918, New York City	Work and diagrams in quantum electrodynamics Path integral formulation of quantum mechanics Superfluidity of liquid helium Worked in the Manhattan project "Teach it to understand it" learning method	Richard Feynman	45%
1900, Vienna	Exclusion principle for half-integer spin particles Postulating the neutrino Three 2x2 matrices as a basis of spin operators	Wolfgang Pauli	45%
1852, Paris	Discovering radioactivity The unit of radioactivity	Henri Becquerel	43%
1775, Lyon	Classical electrodynamics Solenoid Right-hand grip rule	André-Marie Ampère	40%
1908, Budapest	The hydrogen bomb Worked in the Manhattan project	Edward Teller	40%
1902, Bristol	Quantum electrodynamics, quantum field theory Quantum statistics for half-integer spin particles	Paul Dirac	40%
1934, New York City	Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence "Cosmos" television show	Carl Sagan	38%
1856, Manchester	Discovering the electron Plum pudding model Discovering stable isotopes	J. J. Thomson	38%
1824, Belfast	Absolute temperature scale Formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics	Lord Kelvin	38%
1882, Wroclaw	Quantum mechanics' probabilistic foundation Probability related to squared amplitude of wavefunction A complete quantum theory using matrix algebra	Max Born	38%
1773, Milverton	Wave theory of light Double-slit experiment	Thomas Young	38%
1926, Shanghai	Violation of the parity law in weak interactions Particle physics	Tsung-Dao Lee	38%
1889, Marshfield	Discovering the universe's expansion Galaxy morphological classification	Edwin Hubble	36%
1857, Hamburg	Proving the existence of electromagnetic waves	Heinrich Hertz	36%
1853, Arnhem	Force on a charged particle in an electromagnetic field Mathematical foundation for special relativity Spectral line splitting caused by magnetic fields	Hendrik Lorentz	36%
1818, Salford	Mechanical equivalent of heat Disproving caloric theory	James Prescott Joule	36%
1635, Freshwater	Microscopy Inverse square law in gravity Spring compression law	Robert Hooke	36%
1776, Turin	Molecular theory A constant related to amount of substance	Amedeo Avogadro	34%
1891, Bollington	Discovering the neutron	James Chadwick	34%
1844, Vienna	Relation between entropy and the number of microstates Development of statistical mechanics Statistical explanation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics	Ludwig Boltzmann	32%
1796, Paris	Maximum efficiency of heat engines	Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot	32%
c.100, Unknown	Planetary models, geocentrism	Ptolemy	32%
1868, Morrison	The oil drop experiment, measuring electric charge Using the photoelectric effect to measure a constant	Robert Andrews Millikan	32%
1629, The Hague	Centrifugal force Wave theory of light Explanation of Saturn's rings	Christiaan Huygens	30%
1901, Canton	Inventing the cyclotron Uranium isotope separation in the Manhattan project	Ernest Lawrence	30%
1819, Paris	A pendulum which proved Earth's rotation Speed of light measurements	Léon Foucault	30%
1546, Knutstorp Castle	Accurate astronomical observations	Tycho Brahe	30%
1824, Königsberg	Circuit laws of current and voltage Law of thermal radiation	Gustav Kirchhoff	28%
1750, Hanover	Discovering several comets	Caroline Herschel	26%
1838, Brno	Shock waves, speed of sound ratio	Ernst Mach	26%
1738, Hanover	Discovering Uranus Discovering infrared radiation	William Herschel	26%
1852, Strzelno	Fine structure measurement A failed experiment which disproved aether and led to special relativity	Albert A. Michelson	23%
1731, Nice	Discovering hydrogen Measuring Earth's density	Henry Cavendish	23%
1894, Charleroi	The Big Bang theory Early researching on the universe's expansion	Georges Lemaître	21%
1821, Potsdam	Studies in the conservation of energy A thermodynamic potential Vortex theorem A decomposition theorem in electromagnetism	Hermann von Helmholtz	21%
1837, Leiden	An ideal equation for gases and liquids	Johannes Diderik van der Waals	21%
1878, Vienna	Discovering nuclear fission Discovering protactinium	Lise Meitner	21%
1921, Moscow	Nobel Peace Prize for advocating human rights Conditions to explain the matter-antimatter imbalance Work on the soviet hydrogen bomb	Andrei Sakharov	19%
1888, Tiruchirapalli	Inelastic scattering of photons by matter	C. V. Raman	19%
1862, Wigton	X-ray crystrallography, diffraction	William Henry Bragg	19%
1788, Broglie	Diffraction Catadioptric lens used in lighthouses	Augustin-Jean Fresnel	17%
1777, Rudkøbing	A law about the circulation of a magnetic field Discovering piperine and aluminium	Hans Christian Ørsted	17%
1711, Mishaninskaya	Atmosphere of Venus Conservation of mass	Mikhail Lomonosov	17%
1929, New York City	Quark model Organized subatomic particles into symmetry groups	Murray Gell-Mann	17%
1933, Shanghai	Fibre optics	Charles K. Kao	15%
1906, Strasbourg	Work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis Critical mass calculations for the Manhattan project The basis of solid-state physics	Hans Bethe	15%
1544, Colchester	Studies on magnetism	William Gilbert	15%
973, Beruniy	Geodesy, hydrostatics, material density	Al-Biruni	13%
c.801, Kufa	Optics, acoustics	Al-Kindi	13%
c.965, Basra	Optics, visual perception	Ibn al-Haytham	13%
1201, Tus	Coupling mechanism to convert rotary to linear motion Non-uniform circular motion in astrophysics	Nasir al-Din al-Tusi	13%
78, Nanyang	Seismometer Hydraulic-powered armillary sphere	Zhang Heng	13%

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