ALBERT

EINSTEIN
(1879-1955)

Famous Albert Einstein

quotes
include:
"Whether
you
can
observe a thing or not
depends on the theory
which you use. It is
the
theory
which
decides what can be
observed."

ALESSANDR
O VOLTA
(1745-1827)

Italian physicist best

known
for
the
development of the
voltaic pile (Battery).
SI unit of voltage, the
volt is named after
him.

ALEXANDER
GRAHAM
BELL (1847
1922)

A famous scientist and

inventor well known
for making the first
practical telephone.

ANDREMARIE
AMPERE
(1775-1836)

French physicist who

worked
on
electromagnetism.
The SI unit of current,
the ampere is named
after him.

CHARLES
AUGUSTIN
DE
COULOMB
(1736-1806)

He was best known for

developing Coulomb'
s law, the definition of
the electrostatic force
of
attraction
and
repulsion, but also did
important work on
friction.

CHARLES
PROTEUS
STEINMETZ
(1865-1923)

He
proposed
the
development
of
alternating
current
that made possible
the expansion of the
electric
power
industry in the United
States,
formulating
mathematical theories
for engineers.

CLAUDE
ELWOOD
SHANNON
(1916-2001)

Founder of practical
digital circuit design
theory.

ENRICO
FERMI
(1901-1954)

Italian physicist noted

for his work on the
development of the
first nuclear reactor.

GEORG
SIMON OHM
(1789-1854)

German
physicist
having influence on
the
develop
of
electrical
theory,
specifically
Ohms
Law.
SI
unit
of
resistance, the ohm is
named after him.

GEORGE
WESTINGHO
USE (18461914)

American inventor and

manufacturer,
made
substantial
contributions
to
railroad transportation
safety and efficiency
and
to
the
transmission
of
electrical power.

GUGLIELMO
MARCONI
(1874-1937)

Italian inventor known

for his development of
a
practical
radiotelegraph
system.

GUSTAV
KIRCHHOFF
(1824-1887)

German physicist who

contributed
to
the
fundamental
understanding
of
electrical
circuits.
Famous for his two
laws of circuit theory.

HANS
CHRISTIAN
OERSTED
(1777-1851)

HARRY
NYQUIST
(1889-1976)

HENDRIK
WADE BODE
(1905-1982)

Danish physicist and

chemist. Known for
discovering
the
relationship between
electricity
and
magnetism
(Electromagnetism).

A Founding Father of
Digital
Communications.

Pioneer for modern

control theory. Widely
known for developing
the
asymptotic
magnitude and phase
plot that besrs his
name.

HEINRICH
HERTZ
(1857-1894)

German physicist who

demonstrate
the
existence
of
electromagnetic
waves.
SI Unit of
frequency, Hertz
is
named after Him.

SIR ISAAC
NEWTON
(1643-1727)

English
physicist,
mathematician,
astronomer,
alchemist, and natural
philosopher.
Three
laws of motion and the
groundwork
for
classical
mechanics.
Regarded by many as
the greatest figure in
the history of science.

JACK KILBY
(1923-2005)

American
electrical
engineer who co-won
the Nobel Prize in
physics
in
2000.
Inventor
of
the
integrated circuit.

JAMES
CLERK
MAXWELL
(1831-1879)

Scottish mathematical
physicist. Formulated
a set of equations on
the basic laws of
electricity
and
magnetism,
called
Maxwell's equations.

English physicist who

studied
the
heat,
mechanical work and
energy.
Discovered
JAMES
the relation between
PRESCOTT
current
through
a
JOULE (1818resistance and heat
1889)
dissipated, now called
Joule's law. SI unit of
work, the joule is
named after him.

JOSEPH
FOURIER
(1768-1830)

French mathematician
and physicist. Known
for the Fourier series.
The Fourier transform
is also named in his
honor.

JOHANN
CARL
FRIEDRICH
GAUSS
(1777-1855)

German
mathematician
and
scientist. Contributed
to
number
theory,
analysis,
differential
geometry,
geodesy,
magnetism,
astronomy and optics.
Known as "the prince
of
mathematicians"
and
"greatest
mathematician since
antiquity".

SIR JOHN
AMBROSE
FLEMING
(1849-1945)

English
electrical
engineer
and
physicist. Invented the
first vacuum tube and
diode. Famous for the
left hand rule (for
electric motors).

LEONARDO
DA VINCI
(1452-1519)

Italian mathematician,
,architect, anatomist,
sculptor,
engineer,
inventor,
musician,
and painter. Famous
for his paintings of the
Mona Lisa and The
Last
Supper.
Conceptually invented
a helicopter, a tank,
the
use
of
concentrated
solar
power, a calculator, a
rudimentary theory of
plate tectonics, the
double hull, and many
others.

MICHAEL
FARADAY
(1791-1867)

English chemist and

physicist. One of the
best
best
experimentalist in the
history of science, he
is commonly regarded
as
the
father
of
electrical engineering.
SI unit of capacitance,
the farad,
Faraday
constant
and
Faraday's
law
of
induction are named
after him.

NIKOLA
TESLA
(1856-1943)

Serb-American
inventor,
physicist,
mechanical engineer
and
electrical
engineer.
Significant
contribution
to
alternating
current,
magnetism, polyphase
power and the ac
motor.
SI
unit
measuring magnetic
flux density, the tesla,
is named after him.

Vladimir
Zworykin
(1889-1982)

A pioneer of television
technology.

Wilhelm
Eduard
Weber
(1804-1891)

German physicist who

made
significant
contributions to wave
theory,
and
electromagnetism. SI
unit of magnetic flux,
the weber, is named
after him.

William B.
Shockley
(1910-1989)

British physicist and

inventor
who
coinvented
the
transistor.
Awarded
the 1956 Nobel Prize
in Physics.

American
physicist
William D
contributing to the
Coolidge
development tungsten
(1873- 1975) as filaments and the
Coolidge tube.