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Émilie du Châtelet

1706 – 1749

Translated Newton into French and established kinetic energy as mv².

France·Physics · Mathematics

Ruđer Bošković

1711 – 1787

Proposed an atomic force theory two centuries early.

Croatia·Physics · Astronomy

Alessandro Volta

1745 – 1827

Built the first battery; the volt is his.

Italy·Physics · Chemistry

Carl Friedrich Gauss

1777 – 1855

The Prince of Mathematicians; number theory, geodesy, magnetism.

Germany·Mathematics · Astronomy · Physics

Michael Faraday

1791 – 1867

A bookbinder's apprentice who gave humanity electricity on demand.

United Kingdom·Physics · ChemistryFull profile