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Who is the best physicist of all time?

Celebrate and rank the most influential physicists, not alive, who made more than one discovery, throughout history, from Thales of Miletus to Einstein and beyond. Not named Christian Doppler.

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MauricioGomez

#1 Ranked Submission

Who is the best physicist of all time?

James Clerk Maxwell

Maxwell equations, Maxwell-Ampère equations, light as an electromagnetic wave, Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution, Maxwell's relations, Maxwell wheel.

MauricioGomez

#2 Ranked Submission

Who is the best physicist of all time?

Albert Einstein

Special relativity, general relativity, theory of Brownian motion, theory of photoelectric effect, mass-energy equivalence, Bose–Einstein statistics, Bose-Einstein condensate, Einstein coefficients, Einstein summation convention, Einstein solid, Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox, Einstein–Rosen bridge.

AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Einstein is my GOAT
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Einstein is my GOAT
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

hi
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

double hi
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

triple hi
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

I CANT SEE THREE REPLIES NESTED?
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

triple hi???
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

oh it works now
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

How far till the text breaks
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

TRUEE
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

pretty far
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

but how far
AustinHatfield 1 month, 2 weeks ago

I wonder what will freaking happen if I type a long comment towards the edge. The expected behavior is that it will reposition to the left side ideally.

MauricioGomez

#3 Ranked Submission

Who is the best physicist of all time?

Isaac Newton

Newton's laws of motion, Newton's law of universal gravitation, Newton's law of cooling, calculus, light as spectrum, Newton rings, binomial theorem, Newtonian fluids, Newton's method, calculation of pi.

MauricioGomez

#4 Ranked Submission

Who is the best physicist of all time?

Marie Curie

Discovery of radioactivity, discovery of polonium, discovery of radium.

MauricioGomez

#5 Ranked Submission

Who is the best physicist of all time?

Enrico Fermi

Fermi–Dirac statistics, Fermi gas, Fermi theory of beta decay, Fermi paradox, development of the first nuclear reactor (Chicago Pile-1).

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