Tagged: physicist
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- Albert EinsteinQuantum physics · Albert Einstein (1879 to 1955) explained the photoelectric effect with light quanta in 1905 and later challenged the completeness of quantum mechanics.
- Erwin SchrodingerQuantum physics · Erwin Schrodinger (1887 to 1961) wrote the 1926 wave equation of quantum mechanics and devised the Schrodinger's cat thought experiment in 1935.
- Max PlanckQuantum physics · Max Planck (1858 to 1947) originated quantum theory in 1900, proposing that energy is emitted in discrete quanta and defining Planck's constant h.
- Niels BohrQuantum physics · Niels Bohr (1885 to 1962) built the 1913 quantized model of the atom and shaped the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
- Richard FeynmanQuantum physics · Richard Feynman (1918 to 1988) co-developed quantum electrodynamics and the path integral, and in 1981 proposed simulating physics with quantum computers.
- Werner HeisenbergQuantum physics · Werner Heisenberg (1901 to 1976) created matrix mechanics in 1925, the first complete quantum theory, and stated the uncertainty principle in 1927.