6 lives in this collection worked in quantum theory, from 1858 to today. Each has a full course on their life and the mathematics and physics they made.
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Originator of quantum theory, who introduced the quantum of action h in his 1900 derivation of the black-body radiation law.
theoretical physics, thermodynamics, quantum theory
Creator of special and general relativity, of the light-quantum hypothesis and of the theory of Brownian motion, and founder of relativistic cosmology.
theoretical physics, relativity, quantum theory
Austrian-Dutch theoretical physicist, successor of Lorentz at Leiden, known for the urn model, the adiabatic principle, Ehrenfest's theorem and the classification of phase transitions.
statistical mechanics, quantum theory, theoretical physics
Creator of the quantum model of the atom, the correspondence principle and complementarity, and founder of the Copenhagen institute at the centre of quantum mechanics.
atomic physics, quantum theory, nuclear physics
French physicist who proposed in 1924 that every particle has a wave of wavelength h/p, founding wave mechanics.
quantum theory, wave mechanics, foundations of quantum mechanics
Italian-American physicist who created Fermi–Dirac statistics and the theory of beta decay, discovered the power of slow neutrons, and led the team that built the first nuclear reactor.
nuclear physics, particle physics, statistical mechanics