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Isaac Newton
1643 – 1727Showed that one law governs the apple and the Moon alike.
United Kingdom·Physics · Mathematics · AstronomyFull profile
Michael Faraday
1791 – 1867A bookbinder's apprentice who gave humanity electricity on demand.
United Kingdom·Physics · ChemistryFull profile
James Clerk Maxwell
1831 – 1879Four equations that unified electricity, magnetism and light — hence radio and Wi-Fi.
United Kingdom·Physics · Mathematics
Peter Higgs
1929 – 2024Predicted the boson that gives particles mass, found 48 years later.
United Kingdom·PhysicsNobel
Stephen Hawking
1942 – 2018Hawking radiation and A Brief History of Time.
United Kingdom·Physics · Astronomy