John Herapath

John Herapath

male, deceased (1868)
mechanical explanation of gravitation, Mechanical explanations of gravitation, peer review, molecular, atom, gravity…kinetic energy, kinetictheoryofgases, kinetic theory of gravity
John Herapath (May 30, 1790 - February 24, 1868) was an English physicist who gave a partial account of the kinetic theory of gases in 1820 though...
John James Waterston

John James Waterston

male, deceased (1883)
physicist, Scottish, kinetictheoryofgases
John James Waterston (1811 - June 18, 1883) was a Scottish physicist, a neglected pioneer of the kinetic theory of gases.
David Enskog

David Enskog

male, deceased (1947)
physicist, mathematician, swedish, uppsala university, mathematical physics, Royal Institute of Technology…kinetictheoryofgases
David Enskog (April 22, 1884 - June 1, 1947) was a Swedish mathematical physicist. he received his Ph.D. from Uppsala University in 1917, and was...

August Krönig

male, deceased (1879)
physicist, German, Chemist, kinetictheoryofgases, August Karl Krönig
August Karl Krönig was a German chemist and physicist who published an account of the kinetic theory of gases in 1856, probably after reading a p...
Marcel Brillouin

Marcel Brillouin

male, deceased (1948)
physicist, mathematician, de broglie, Alumni of the École Normale Supérieure, franco-prussian war, French…kinetictheoryofgases
Louis "Marcel" Brillouin was a French physicist and mathematician who made a significant contribution to the development of quantum mechanics. Born...