Home›Scientists›Field (legacy)›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.FactsPhysicsConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonConcept Term OriginWell-attested1834 1PhysicsFilter Results33 entriesDisciplineAllParticle Physics (1)Physics (33)EraAll1706 (1)1805 (1)1850 (1)1858 (1)1859 (1)1871 (1)1878 (1)1879 (1)1882 (2)1885 (1)1894 (1)1898 (1)1903 (1)1904 (1)1905 (1)1906 (2)1907 (1)1912 (2)1914 (1)1915 (1)1918 (1)1921 (2)1922 (1)1926 (1)1927 (1)1930 (1)1933 (1)1947 (1)1952 (1)InstitutionAllAmerican Physical Society (4)Bell Labs (3)Cavendish Laboratory (1)Columbia University (4)Fermilab (1)Humboldt University of Berlin (1)Institute for Advanced Study (1)Johns Hopkins University (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1)Max Planck Society (4)National Academy of Sciences (5)Royal Society (1)SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (1)University of Calcutta (1)University of Cambridge (1)University of Chicago (1)University of Copenhagen (2)University of Dhaka (1)University of Göttingen (1)University of Manchester (1)University of Strasbourg (1)University of Tübingen (2)University of Würzburg (1)In GroupAllAtomic, Molecular And Optical Physics (4)Classical And Theoretical Physicists Before 1900 (2)Classical And Theoretical Physicists Since 1950 (3)Classical And Theoretical Physicists, 1900 to 1949 (5)Condensed Matter Physics (3)Nuclear Physics (7)Other Physics (1)Particle And High-Energy Physics (4)Quantum Physics And Quantum Information (4)NationalityAllAustria (2)Denmark (1)France (2)German Empire (3)German Reich (1)Germany (3)India (1)Ireland (1)New Zealand (1)Soviet Union (1)Sweden (1)Switzerland (3)Taiwan (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (17)Weimar Republic (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 33Albert EinsteinPhysicsArthur SchawlowPhysicsChien-Shiung WuPhysicsConyers HerringPhysicsDonald GlaserPhysicsEdward Mills PurcellPhysicsEmilie du ChateletPhysicsErnest RutherfordPhysicsErnst RuskaPhysicsErwin HahnPhysicsFelix BlochPhysicsFrederick ReinesPhysicsGerd BinnigPhysicsHans BethePhysicsHans GeigerPhysicsHeinrich RohrerPhysicsHugh Everett IIIPhysicsIgor KurchatovPhysicsIsidor Isaac RabiPhysicsJames FranckPhysicsJames P. EisensteinPhysicsKarl Ferdinand BraunPhysicsLeon M. LedermanPhysicsLise MeitnerPhysicsMartin Lewis PerlPhysicsMax PlanckPhysicsNiels BohrPhysicsNorman Foster Ramsey Jr.PhysicsOtto FrischPhysicsPierre CuriePhysicsRudolf PeierlsPhysicsSatyendra Nath BosePhysicsWilliam Rowan HamiltonPhysicsConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,925 connections.Sources1. Online Etymology Dictionary: scientisttier 2Online Etymology DictionaryOnline Etymology Dictionary, scientist entryQuote, Online Etymology Dictionary, scientist entry"person versed in or devoted to science," 1834, a hybrid coined from Latin scientia (see science) by the Rev. William Whewell, English polymath, by analogy with artist, in the same paragraph in which he coined physicist.View the SourceÉdouard Roche (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaContains: Édouard RocheView the SourceJames Van Allen (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaContains: James Van AllenView the SourceEnrico Fermi (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaContains: Enrico FermiView 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.