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Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE
ARISTOTLE
Aristotle died at the age of 62. He was born in Chalcidice, Northern Greece, and died in Euboea. His main contribution to the physics was the movement of stars. -
Period: 287 BCE to 212 BCE
ARCHIMEDES
He died at the age of 75. He was borned in Syracuse, Sicily and died in the same city. His main constribution to physics were his studies about fluids. -
Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
He died at the age of 70. He was born in Torun, Royal Prussia and died in Frombork, Royal Prussia. His main contribution to physics was the Heliocentric Theory. -
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
GALILEO GALILEI
He died at the age of 77. He was born in Pisa, Florence and died in Arcetri, Tuscany. His main contribution to physics was the creation of the telescope in order to look at the stars and planets. -
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BLAISE PASCAL
He died at the age of 39. He was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France and died in Paris, France. His main contribution to physics was the Pascual Theorem and the water pressure. -
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ISAAC NEWTON
He died at the age of 84. He was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire and died in Kensington, Middlesex. His main contribution to physics were the 3 Newton Laws and the Law of Gravity. -
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JOHN DALTON
He died at the age of 77. He was born in Cumberland, UK and died in Manchester, UK. His main contribution to physics was his theory about atom structure. Also, the illness called Daltonism owes his name to John Dalton suffering this illness. -
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JAMES CLERK MAXWELL
He died at the age of 48. He was born in Edimburg, Escocy and died in Cambridge, England. His main contribution to physics was the Electromagnetic Theory. -
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THOMAS ALVA EDISON
He died at the age of 84. He was born in Milan, Ohio and died in New Jersey, USA. His main contribution to physics was the light bulb. -
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NICOLAS TESLA
He died at the age of 86. He was born in Smiljan, Austrian Empire and died in New York, USA. His main contributions to physics were the Wireless tranfer of electric energy and the Radio. -
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ERNEST RUTHERFORD
He died at the age of 66. He was born in Brightwater, New Zealand and died in Cambridge, England. His main contribution to Physics was his theory of the atom structure. Also he is the father of the Nuclear Physics. -
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ALBERT EINSTEIN
He died at the age of 76. He was born in Ulm, German empire and died in Princeton, USA. His main contributions to physics were the Photoelectric effect and Relativity theory. -
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NIELS BOHR
He died at the age of 77. He was born in Copenhague, Denmark and died in the same city. His main contribution to physics was his theory of the atom structure.