Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. He also made significant advancements in the development of radio technology.
Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish mathematician and physicist who is best known for formulating classical electromagnetic theory. His most notable achievement was the development of the theory of electromagnetism, which united previously unrelated observations, experiments, and equations of electricity, magnetism, and optics into a consistent theory.
Marie Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences (Physics and Chemistry), and the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his 'services to theoretical physics,' in particular, his discovery of the photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory.
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also contributed to many other areas of technology and communication, including aeronautics and hearing devices for the deaf.
John Ambrose Fleming was an English electrical engineer and physicist who is known for inventing the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube, which was a fundamental building block of electronics technology.
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph system. He is often credited as the inventor of radio.
William Gilbert was an English physician, physicist, and natural philosopher. He is best known for his work on magnetism and electricity, which he published in his book 'De Magnete' (On the Magnet) in 1600. He is regarded as one of the originators of the modern scientific method.
Claude Shannon was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as 'the father of information theory.' His groundbreaking work laid the foundation for digital circuit design theory, and he is credited with founding both digital computer and digital circuit design theory in 1937.