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Born September 5, 1850 • Gliwice
Died December 25, 1930 (aged 80) • Berlin • Germany
Subjects Of Study canal ray • cathode ray • electrical discharge • gas
Plücker, Julius
Julius Plücker
German mathematician and physicist
Philipp Lenard.
Philipp Lenard
German physicist
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell
Scottish mathematician and physicist
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish
British physicist
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
French scientist
John Dalton
John Dalton
British scientist
J.J. Thomson
J.J. Thomson
British physicist
Langmuir, Irving
Irving Langmuir
American chemist
Helmont, Jan Baptista van
Jan Baptista van Helmont
Belgian scientist
Commemorative medal depicting the profile of Johannes Diederik van der Waals.
Johannes Diederik van der Waals
Dutch physicist
William Crookes
Sir William Crookes
British chemist
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Sir John Sealy Townsend
Irish physicist
Jean Perrin
Jean Perrin
French physicist
Henri-Victor Regnault
Henri-Victor Regnault
French chemist and physicist
Portrait of Albert Einstein in a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side with a neutral expression.
Albert Einstein
German-American physicist
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
Werner Karl Heisenberg sits at a desk in a suit with his hands folded, bookshelves in the background.
Werner Heisenberg
German physicist and philosopher
Max Planck
Max Planck
German physicist
Engraving portrait of Carl Friedrich Gauss wearing a cap and formal 19th-century clothing, with detailed shading around his face and upper body.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician
Hans Bethe.
Hans Bethe
American physicist

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