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Born October 12, 1801 • RibeauvilléFrance
Died September 12, 1870 (aged 68) • MunichGermany
Subjects Of Study opticstelegraph

Helmholtz.
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
Karl Schwarzschild
Karl Schwarzschild
German astronomer
Wilhelm Eduard Weber
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Consider how Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity led to a better understanding of planetary motion
Isaac Newton
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Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin
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Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
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Lord Rayleigh, engraving by R. Cottot.
Lord Rayleigh
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Fresnel, detail of an engraving by Ambroise Tardieu after a contemporary portrait, 1825
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
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Harry Nyquist
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Jean Buridan
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Glauber, Roy J.
Roy J. Glauber
American physicist
Sir David Brewster
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Raymond Neil Wilson
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Charles Wheatstone.
Sir Charles Wheatstone
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Silvanus Phillips Thompson
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Frits Zernike
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André-Eugène Blondel
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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
German-American physicist
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
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Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg
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