4 lives in this collection worked in kinetic theory, from 1700 to today. Each has a full course on their life and the mathematics and physics they made.
Often together with: statistical mechanics. All fields
Basel physician and mathematical physicist who wrote Hydrodynamica, founded the kinetic theory of gases, introduced expected utility and built the first epidemic model.
fluid mechanics, kinetic theory, vibrations and acoustics
Scottish physicist who unified electricity, magnetism and light in a field theory and introduced statistical methods into physics.
electromagnetism, kinetic theory, statistical mechanics
Founder of statistical mechanics, author of the Boltzmann equation, the H-theorem and the statistical interpretation of entropy, and champion of the atomic theory.
theoretical physics, statistical mechanics, kinetic theory
British mathematical physicist who founded the theory of gravitational instability and stellar dynamics, co-derived the Rayleigh–Jeans law, and became a leading popularizer of astronomy.
mathematical physics, astrophysics, stellar dynamics