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Also Known As Arthur-Louis Ducos du Hauron
Born December 8, 1837 • France
Died August 31, 1920 (aged 82) • Agen • France
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
Polish-born French physicist
Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie
French chemist
Fresnel, detail of an engraving by Ambroise Tardieu after a contemporary portrait, 1825
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
French physicist
Gabriel Lippmann
Gabriel Lippmann
French physicist
Denis Papin
Denis Papin
British physicist
Planté, Gaston
Gaston Planté
French physicist
Charles Édouard Guillaume
French physicist
André-Eugène Blondel
French physicist
Guillaume Amontons
French physicist
Charles, Jacques-Alexandre-César
Jacques Charles
French physicist
Jean de Hautefeuille
French physicist
Helmholtz.
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
Galileo
Galileo
Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician
Werner Heisenberg
Werner Heisenberg
German physicist and philosopher
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin
Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian physicist
Teller, Edward
Edward Teller
Hungarian-born American physicist
Robert Goddard
Robert Goddard
American professor and inventor
Lord Rayleigh, engraving by R. Cottot.
Lord Rayleigh
British scientist
Auguste Piccard, 1961
Auguste Piccard
Swiss-Belgian physicist

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