Ruđer Bošković
1711 – 1787 · Croatia · Physics, Astronomy
Proposed an atomic force theory two centuries early.
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- Isaac Newton
1643 – 1727 · Physics, Mathematics
Bošković's Theoria is written as a unification of Newtonian attraction and repulsion.
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- Michael Faraday
1791 – 1867 · Physics, Chemistry
Bošković's point-atom force theory is a stated influence on Faraday's field concept.
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