Thursday, May 1, 2014

Focus on Physics

Lets focus today on the contributions of  famous physicist. Pick one and post what their contribution was to science.

53 comments:

Rylan N said...

Albert einstein came up with e=mc squared

Evan L said...

Albert Einstein's contribution was the formula E=MC 2 Energy = Mass X Capacity squared.

Mercedes C. said...

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. He is best known for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc².

Katie N. said...

Niels Bohr, Famous For: Contributions to quantum theory, nuclear reactions and nuclear fission

Ben S. said...

Carl Sagan contributed to astrophysics by releasing 20 books about space and the universe

King Of The Minions said...

A famous physicist was William Gilbert, and something he contributed to science was that he hypothesized that Earth itself was a giant magnet.

Mercedes C. said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

Casey K said...

Stephen Hawking- Studying the black hole.

Mya N said...

Marie Curie. Her study of minerals in the geological field led to the discovery of radium.

Brendan S said...

Marie Curie is one of the most famous scientists that ever lived. Her contributions such as the discovery of Radium and other key elements help us out every day, especially when getting an x-ray.

http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/mariecurie.html

King of Everything except for the MINIONS said...

A famous physicist is Stephen Hawking he contributed that concluded the explanation of gravitational similarities and discovered that black holes emit radiation

http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2014/plugging-the-hole-in-hawkings-black-hole-theory-1/

Lauren B. said...

James Clerk Maxwell was a famous physicist. His contributions to the science are considered by many to be of the same magnitude as those of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. He was voted 3rd greatest physicist of all time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell

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Leslie K said...

Marie Curie worked with radioactivity, she discovered Polonium and Radium. Polonium in found in pitchblende(it contains uranium ore) It is highly radioactive. In 1902 Marie Curie Isolated radium as radium chloride.
She later won a nobel prize along with her professor for their work (although separate) with radioactivity.

http://www.mariecurie.org.uk/en-gb/who-we-are/marie-curie-biography/

Jack D said...

Marie Curie is one of the most famous scientists that ever lived. Her contributions such as the discovery of Radium and other key elements help us out every day, especially when getting an x-ray.

Manya,as she was called, was born Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867. Maria was only eight when her oldest sister caught typhus and died. That death was followed less than three years later by the death of her mother, Madame Sklodowska, who lost a five-year battle with tuberculosis at the age of 42. The surviving family members, Professor Sklodowski, his son Joseph and his daughters Bronya, Hela, and Maria drew closer to one another.

Manya was the star student in her class. Her personal losses did not block her academic success. After graduating at the age of 15, Maria hoped to get an advanced degree, but while Joseph was able to enroll in the medical school at the University of Warsaw, women were not allowed to. In 1891, she attended Sorbonne and changed her name to Marie. Marie realized that neither her math or science background nor her ability in technical French equaled that of her fellow students. Refusing to let go of her goals, she was determined to overcome these drawbacks through hard work. Marie finished first in her master's degree physics course in the summer of 1893 and second in math the following year. Having little money stood in the way of her math degree, but senior French scientists recognized her abilities and were able to help her by awarding a scholarship.

In Paris she met her future husband and collaborator, Pierre Curie. Pierre was Lab Chief for the Paris Municipal School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry. Marie and Pierre shared lab space. Pierre gave Marie a lab of her own. In Marie, Pierre found an equal with a comparable devotion to science. They would soon marry and have two daughters.

The Curies would work together and combine to receive the Nobel Prize in 1903 for their research with radium. The Curies published in detail all the processes they used to isolate radium, without patenting any of them. Radium was tightly linked with the Curies. Pierre's pioneering work on the effects of radium on living organisms showed it could damage tissue, and this discovery was put to use against cancer and other diseases.

Health and Financial concerns were not the only problems to plague the Curies as Marie wound up her thesis research. Hardship would soon follow Marie once again with her husband dying in an accident. Pierre's life ended tragically on April 19, 1906, when he slipped and fell in the street. His head was crushed under the wheel of a horse-drawn car. Marie took over his classes and continued her own research. It was the first time that a woman would hold an important university research position. She would work harder than ever and receive much prestige. She won the Nobel Prize again in 1911.

Rumors and gossip surround the award: many jealous scientists snipe that she has been awarded the Nobel Prize only out of pity, since her husband, Pierre, has recently died, while others alleged that she is "morally unfit" to receive the prize because of an affair with a married man, Paul Langevin, a long time family friend and a student of Pierre's. Paul was known as a sexist and a philanderer. When word of the affair reached the public, it nearly destroyed Marie's career and public standing in the scientific community. When the scandal broke, no one in the physics community supported Marie. Earlier in the year, the Swedish Academy informed Marie that she would again receive the Nobel Prize. When letters to Paul were published in a newspaper in Paris, the Academy told her that they did not want her to come to the public ceremony in Stockholm. Marie defied their wishes and went to the ceremony. Eventually, her honor and reputation were restore.
http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/mariecurie.html

Casey K said...

Stephen hawking came up with the second law- which states that the total surface area of a black hole will never get smaller, at least so far as classical (as opposed to quantum) physics is concerned. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jan/08/stephen-hawking-science-greatest-hits

Lauren B. said...

He layed the foundation for fields such as special relativity and quantum mechanics.

Tyler J said...

he's credited with discovering his famous equation E = mc2. He won the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his work on the photoelectric effect, and he also developed the Theory of Relativity.

Ella T. said...

Dr. Marie Curie is known to the world as the scientist who discovered radioactive metals i.e. Radium & Polonium.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blMarieCurie.htm

LaurenSimmons said...

Pauli was a Austrian physicist who discovered an atom's electrons each have their own unique quantum state. This is now known as the Pauli exclusion principle and would earn him the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/famouschemists/p/wolfgangpaulibio.htm

Anonymous said...

Mareh Cruie is the scientist who discovered radioactive metals

Anonymous said...

Nikola Tesla made wireless communication, lasers, lights, x-rays, and a lot of other things.

Amber R said...

Galileo discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun, not the other way round.

Jacob G said...

David Bernoulli worked on the theory of gases= 1/2pu2+ P= Constant

Sadie F. said...

Benjamin Franklin. He came up with two kinds of electricity that he names "positive" and "negative".

Anonymous said...

Pauli was a Austrian physicist who discovered an atom's electrons each have their own unique quantum state. This is now known as the Pauli exclusion principle and would earn him the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/famouschemists/p/wolfgangpaulibio.htm

Kaylee H. said...

Max Born gave up research on atomic theory and wrote a textbook on optics.

Anonymous said...

Albert Einstein came up with e=mc squared.

Anonymous said...

Stephen Hawking- Studyed the black hole.

Anonymous said...

Stephen Hawking- Studied the black hole.

Anonymous said...

stephen hawking discovered there are tiny black holes all around us

Anonymous said...

Marie Curie worked with radioactivity, she discovered Polonium and Radium. Polonium in found in pitchblende(it contains uranium ore) It is highly radioactive. In 1902 Marie Curie Isolated radium as radium chloride.
She later won a nobel prize along with her professor for their work (although separate) with radioactivity. loganm

Cassie :D said...

Stephen Hawking- Studied the black hole.

Sophia S:) said...

James Clerk Maxwell's first major contribution to science was a study of the planet Saturn's rings, the nature of which was much debated. Maxwell showed that stability could be achieved only if the rings consisted of numerous small solid particles, an explanation still accepted.

Patrick H said...

Pauli was a Austrian physicist who discovered an atom's electrons each have their own unique quantum state. This is now known as the Pauli exclusion principle and would earn him the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics.
http://chemistry.about.com/od/famouschemists/p/wolfgangpaulibio.htm

Adrian K said...

Galileo played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism.

Jacob L said...

Stephen Hawking made a children's book to help them understand easy science.

AutumnP said...

William Gilbert made his contribution to science by discovering magnetism

Matthew G said...

Stephen hawking and the study of wheelchairs

Anonymous said...

Stephen Hawking and finding out the beginnings of the universe. -Desi

DavidM said...

Robert Hooke discovered Hooke's law of elasticity

Anonymous said...

Albert einstein came up with e = m c squared
Kassie

Anonymous said...

Galileo discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun, not the other way round.

Lily said...

newton and his laws.

Gavin MacDonald said...

Stephen Hawking's black hole theory

Mackenzie E said...

Albert einstein came up with e=mc squared

Abbie N said...

Wolfgang Pauli's contribution was his "Puali effect".

Molly B said...

Albert einstein came up with e = m c squared

Elsa L said...

Albert Einsteins's theory of relativity

Kanani L. said...

Albert Einstein contributed the Photons and the Quantum Theory

Devon Sargent said...

Albert and the now world famous equation "e = mc2" unlocked mysteries of the Universe theretofore unknown.

http://einstein.biz/biography.php

Jacob L said...

His study towards Black holes was a great contribution towards society.

Leslie K said...

Copier!!! please post your own thing! you said you did;'t copy me either so that makes you a lier too!!!!