Physics

Gerd Binnig, Physicist was born July 20, 1947, Frankfurt am Main, W.Ger. Binnig studied physics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, gaining a…

Samar Mubarakmand, Physicist was born 17 September 1942 Rawalpindi, Punjab Province,  British Indian Empire. He earned his education from Lahore and matriculated from the St.…

Mildred Dresselhaus, Physicist was born on November 11, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Mildred received her high school degree at Hunter College High School,…

Vera Rubin, Physicist was born on July 23, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. She earned her BA degree in astronomy at Vassar College and attempted…

Nicolaas Bloembergen, Physicist and Nobel laureate was born March 11, 1920, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Bloembergen entered the University of Utrecht to study physics in 1938. He…

Owen Chamberlain, Physicist was born July 10, 1920, San Francisco, California, U.S. Chamberlain attended Dartmouth College (B.A., 1941) and the University of California at Berkeley…

Rosalind Elsie Franklin, Physicist was born in 25 July 1920 Notting Hill, London, England, United Kingdom. She went to Newnham College, Cambridge in 1938 and…

Charles Hard Townes, Physicist and inventor was born July 28, 1915, Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. He earned his B.S./B.A. at Furman University. He completed work…

Chien-Shiung Wu, Physicist was born May 29, 1912, Liuhe, Jiangsu province, China. In 1929 Wu was admitted to the National Central University in Nanjing and…

William Bradford Shockley Jr., Physicist and inventor was born February 13, 1910 Greater London, England, United Kingdom. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Caltech…

John Bardeen, Physicist and electrical engineer was born on May 23, 1908, in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. Bardeen attended the University High School at Madison for…

Ernst August Friedrich Ruska, Physicist was born December 25, 1906, Heidelberg, Germany. He was educated at the Technical University of Munich from 1925 to 1927…