Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

male, deceased (1879) (ULM, Germany)
genius, Nobel Prize in Physics, theory of relativity, German, smart, E=mc²…Theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics, physics, theoreticalphysics, doesn't like quantum physics
This German born physicist is considered one of the world's greatest thinkers in history. Not only did he shape the way people think of time,...
Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

male, 67 years old
black holes, Quantum Gravity, theoreticalphysics, physicist, agnostic, cosmology…Theoretical physicist, Wolf Prize in Physics recipient
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA, (born 8 January1942) is a British theoretical physicist. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of...

Luboš Motl

male, 36 years old
global warming, Doctor of Philosophy, blog, gauge theory, AdS/CFT, supersymmetry…theoreticalphysics, Theoretical physicist
Lubos Motl, in Czech Luboš Motl is a Czech theoretical physicist who works on string theory and conceptual problems of quantum gravity. Motl was b...
Leonard Susskind

Leonard Susskind

male
Stanford University, quantum field theory, string theorist, American, Theoretical physicist, Stanford University faculty…theoreticalphysics, Department of Physics
Leonard Susskind (born 1940) is the Felix Bloch professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University in the field of string theory and quantum...
Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman

male, deceased (1988) (FAR ROCKAWAY, New York, United States)
scientist, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, physicist, Caltech, free spirit, Princeton University alumni…Nobel Prize in Physics, theoreticalphysics, Nobel laureate in Physics, Theoretical physicist
Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of...
Robert Oppenheimer

Robert Oppenheimer

male, deceased (1967)
scientist, physicist, Throat cancer death, German-American, los alamos national laboratory, World War II…physics, Theoretical physicist, theoreticalphysics
J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 - February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist, best known for his role as the director of the...
David Bohm

David Bohm

male, deceased (1992)
scientist, death by myocardial infarction, Alumni of the University of Bristol, Jewish American, University of São Paulo, Jewish…theoreticalphysics
David Joseph Bohm (b. December 20 1917, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - d. October 27 1992, London) was an American-born quantum physicist, who made...

Sidney Coleman

male, 72 years old
Erdős number 2, Jewish American, scientist, Minos Axenides, Leonard Parker, Frank DeLuccia…Theoretical physicist, theoreticalphysics
Sidney Richard Coleman (b. 7 March 1937) is an eminent theoretical physicist who studied under Murray Gell-Mann, receiving his PhD from Caltech in...
Michio Kaku

Michio Kaku

male, 62 years old
electromagnetism, Harvard University, Theoretical physicist, string theorist, Dr. Michio Kaku, einstein…theoreticalphysics
Dr. Michio Kaku is a Japanese American theoretical physicist, tenured professor, and co-founder of string field theory, a branch of superstring...
Lisa Randall

Lisa Randall

female, 47 years old
Randall-Sundrum model, Harvard University alumni, Harvard University, American Physical Society, string theorist, Standard Model…Particle physics, theoreticalphysics, Theoretical physicist
Lisa Randall (born 18 June, 1962) is a leading theoretical physicist and expert on particle physics, string theory and cosmology. She works on...