Marie Curie

Marie Curie

female, deceased (1934)
physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, Chemist, 1867-1934, sorbonne…French
Maria Skłodowska-Curie (born Maria Skłodowska; known in France and most other countries as Marie Curie; November 7, 1867 - July 4 1934) was a Po...

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot

male, deceased (1832)
physicist, Military engineer, 1796-1832, Frenchphysicist, Carnot theorem, Carnot efficiency…French
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was a French physicist and military engineer who gave the first successful theoretical account of heat engines, now k...

Alexis Thérèse Petit

male, deceased (1820)
physicist, efficiency of steam engine, 1791-1820, published in 1818, Frenchphysicist, metal…French
Alexis Thérèse Petit was a French physicist. Petit is known for is work on the efficiencies of air- and steam-engines, published in 1818. His we...