Home›Earth Sciences›Field›PhysicsBrowse ByPhysicsThis dimension names the field a scientist is remembered for even when their own career spanned much more. Wikipedia notes that Thales "was arguably the first scientist for describing how cosmic events may be seen as natural, not necessarily caused by gods," a single insight that defines his legacy above all else. Browsing this way collects every scientist remembered chiefly for the same field.FactsPhysicsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonBranch NatureWell-attestedNatural Science 1PhysicsFilter Results38 entriesDisciplineAllBiology (2)Climatology (1)Cosmology (1)Earth Science (1)Geochemistry (1)Geology (16)Geophysics (24)Oceanography (5)Paleontology (1)Petrology (2)Seismology (2)EraAll1807 (1)1810 (1)1817 (1)1871 (1)1879 (1)1880 (1)1887 (1)1888 (1)1900 (1)1903 (2)1906 (2)1908 (1)1912 (1)1914 (2)1917 (1)1919 (1)1920 (1)1921 (1)1924 (1)1926 (1)1927 (1)1929 (1)1930 (1)1936 (1)1937 (1)1940 (1)1941 (1)1942 (1)1945 (1)1949 (2)1950 (1)1954 (1)1956 (1)1957 (1)NationalityAllAustralia (1)Canada (3)Denmark (1)France (2)Germany (1)Ireland (1)Japan (1)Netherlands (1)Norway (1)Serbia (1)Switzerland (1)United Kingdom (4)United States (20)InstitutionAllAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (1)American Physical Society (1)California Institute of Technology (2)Carnegie Institution for Science (1)Columbia University (4)Dartmouth College (1)Johns Hopkins University (1)King's College London (1)Kyoto Prize (1)Marburg University (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2)National Academy of Sciences (9)Northwestern University (1)Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1)Royal Astronomical Society (2)Royal Society (6)Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1)Stanford University (2)University of Belgrade (1)University of Cambridge (1)University of Oslo (2)In GroupAllGeologists (4)Geophysicists And Seismologists (27)Oceanographers (3)Other Earth Scientists (1)Paleontologists (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 38Alfred WegenerPhysicsBarbara RomanowiczPhysicsCharles RichterPhysicsFelix Andries Vening MeineszPhysicsFrancis BirchPhysicsFrank PressPhysicsFrank S. SpearPhysicsGeorge A. ThompsonPhysicsGerald Joseph WasserburgPhysicsHarry HessPhysicsHatten Schuyler Yoder Jr.PhysicsHenry StommelPhysicsHiroo KanamoriPhysicsInge LehmannPhysicsJ. Tuzo WilsonPhysicsJames A. JacksonPhysicsJames Van AllenPhysicsKathryn WhalerPhysicsKevin C. A. BurkePhysicsKurt LambeckPhysicsLouis AgassizPhysicsM. King HubbertPhysicsMartin Harold Phillips BottPhysicsMilutin MilankovitchPhysicsNorman SleepPhysicsOsmond FisherPhysicsPeter R. VailPhysicsPreston CloudPhysicsReginald Aldworth DalyPhysicsRobert MalletPhysicsRobert S. DietzPhysicsTanya AtwaterPhysicsThure E. CerlingPhysicsTrond Helge TorsvikPhysicsWalter AlvarezPhysicsWalter MunkPhysicsWilliam Maurice EwingPhysicsXavier Le PichonPhysicsSources1. Wikipedia: Branches of sciencetier 2WikipediaBranches of science, lead and Natural science sectionsQuote, Branches of science, lead and Natural science sectionsNatural science can be divided into two main branches: life science and physical science. Life science is alternatively known as biology, and physical science is subdivided into branches: physics, chemistry, astronomy and Earth science.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.