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List of the entire famous scientist Alessandro Volta(1745-1827) An Italian Physicist who was a pioneer in the development of electricity. He created the first electric battery in 1800. This battery gave the world its first continuous, reliable source of electric current, and led to all important discoveries of the use of electricity. The unit of measuring electromotive force (emf), Volt(v) is named after him. He also proposed the law that the air expands at a constant rate with increasing temperature. Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German mathematical physicist. Famous for the theory of relativity. Motion is relative and there fore, can be measured only in relation with something else. According to him, the only unchanging quantity is …show more content…

Sreenivasa Ramanajun(1887-1920) Indian mathematician. Born on December 22,1887 at erode, Tamil Nadu. Passed his matriculation exam in 1903. He was interested in solving mathematical problems from his child hood. He got a fellowship for his higher education in Trinity in 1917. He was selected as the fellow of the royal society in 1918.He published a number of books in mathematics. He died on April 26, 1920 Stephen Hawking(1942-) An English mathematical physicist. His explanations of the formation of the universe and of black holes in space have become widely accepted among scientists the world over. His best selling book, 'A brief history of Time' (1988) has sold 25 million copies providing many with an introduction to quantum physics and relativity Thales of Miletus(c.636 BC-546 BC) The Greek philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, remembered for his cosmology. He is generally regarded as the founder of Greek geometry. He adopted a naturalistic, rather than mythological view if the world. He was regarded as one of the 'Seven Sages', seven wise Greek men, of the 6th and 7th centuries BC Albert Michelson(1852-1931) The German born US physicist. He was the first American to win a Nobel prize for his measurements of the speed of light. In the 1880's Michelson and the US Physicist Edward Morley try to find out how fast the earth moved through the ether. The result was the ether wasn't exist at all. This later

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