Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

male, deceased (1879) (ULM, Germany)
genius, Nobel Prize in Physics, theory of relativity, German, smart, E=mc²…thermodynamics
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,...
Rudolf Clausius

Rudolf Clausius

male, deceased (1888)
thermodynamics, second law of thermodynamics, thermodynamicist, entropy, German native of Pomerania, University of Bonn faculty
Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius, was a German physicist and mathematician and is considered one of the central founders of the science of...
Hermann von Helmholtz

Hermann von Helmholtz

male, deceased (1894)
University of Bonn faculty, laws of nature, chemical thermodynamics, electrodynamics, physiology, philosopher…thermodynamics
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (August 31, 1821 - September 8, 1894) was a German physician and physicist. In the words of the 1911...
James Prescott Joule

James Prescott Joule

male, deceased (1889)
physicist, 1818-1889, Salford, Lancashire, From sale, SI derived unit, salford…first law of thermodynamics, thermodynamics
James Prescott Joule, FRS (December 24, 1818 - October 11, 1889) was an English physicist, born in Salford, Lancashire. Joule studied the nature of...
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

male, deceased (1994)
University of Paris alumni, Romanian-American, From Constanta, thermodynamics, economics, mathematician
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, born Nicolae Georgescu was a Romanian mathematician, statistician and economist.
Walther Nernst

Walther Nernst

male, deceased (1941)
Polish-German, German native of West Prussia, chemical affinity, third law of thermodynamics, physical chemistry, Photochemistry…thermodynamics
Walther Hermann Nernst (June 25, 1864 - November 18, 1941) was a German chemist who is known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical...
Joseph Black

Joseph Black

male, deceased (1799)
Glasgow universities, thermochemistry, Academic of the University of Glasgow, From bordeaux, university of edinburgh, thermodynamics
Joseph Black (April 16,1728 - december 6,1799) was a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries on latent heat, specific heat, and...
Benjamin Thompson

Benjamin Thompson

male, deceased (1814)
Loyalist in the American Revolution, New Hampshire colonial, Massachusetts colonial, Anglo-american, British, scientist…thermodynamics
Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (in German: Reichsgraf von Rumford) (26 March 1753 - 21 August 1814) was an Anglo-American physicist and...
William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin

William Thomson 1st Baron Kelvin

male, deceased (1907)
Tripos Wranglers, buried at Westminster Abbey, thermodynamics, Fellow of the Royal Society, mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, OM, GCVO, PC, PRS, FRSE, (26 June 1824 - 17 December 1907) was a mathematical physicist, engineer, and...
Constantino Tsallis

Constantino Tsallis

male, 66 years old
Researcher, Greek-Brazilian, Intensive and extensive properties, Boltzmann entropy, Ergodic theory, extensive…thermodynamics
Constantino Tsallis (1943-) is a physics researcher working in Rio de Janeiro at CBPF, Brazil. He was born in Greece, and grew up in Argentina,...