Hawking is a British physicist and cosmologist. He is the former research director of the Center for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge University. Hawking has made many important contributions, the most important of which is that he cooperated with roger penrose to put forward the Penrose-Hawking singularity theorem within the framework of general relativity and his theoretical prediction that black holes will emit radiation (now called Hawking radiation).
2. Einstein
Albert Einstein (1879.3.14-1955.4.18), a German-American Jew, is a world-famous physicist, a pioneer and founder of modern physics, and a proponent of relativity, "mass-energy relationship" and laser.
199965438+On February 26th, Einstein was selected as "the great man of the century" by American Time magazine.
3. Maxwell
Maxwell (1831.06.13-1879.1.5)-19 century great British physicist and mathematician. Maxwell is mainly engaged in electromagnetic theory, molecular physics, statistical physics, optics, mechanics and elasticity theory. In particular, his electromagnetic field theory, which unifies electricity, magnetism and light, is the most brilliant achievement of the development of physics in the19th century and one of the greatest complexes in the history of science.
4. Niels Henrik David Bohr
Niels henrik david bohr (niels henrik david bohr,18851October 7th ~196211October 8th)) is a Danish physicist. By introducing quantization conditions, he put forward a Bohr model to explain the spectrum of hydrogen atoms, and put forward the complementary principle to explain quantum mechanics and Copenhagen interpretation, which had a far-reaching impact on the development of physics in the twentieth century.
Bohr is the founder of Copenhagen School, Master of Science and Doctor of Science of Copenhagen University, and an academician of Royal Danish Academy of Sciences. He has won the gold medal from the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Art, honorary doctorates from the University of Manchester and Cambridge, and the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics.
5. Henry cavendish
Henry cavendish is a British physicist and chemist. He made a detailed study of the properties of hydrogen for the first time, proved that water is not a simple substance, and predicted the existence of rare gases in the air.
He widely applied the concept of electric potential to electricity and accurately measured the density of the earth. He is considered as one of the greatest scientists in Britain after Newton.
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