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Theoretical Physicists
The following is a partial list of notable theoretical physicists. Arranged by century of birth, then century of death, then year of birth, then year of death, then alphabetically by surname. For explanation of symbols, see Notes at end of this article. Ancient times * Kaṇāda (6th century BCE or 2nd century BCE) * Thales (c. 624 – c. 546 BCE) * Pythagoras^* (c. 570 – c. 495 BCE) * Democritus° (c. 460 – c. 370 BCE) * Aristotle‡ (384–322 BCE) * Archimedesº* (c. 287 – c. 212 BCE) * Ptolemy (c. 100 – c. 170 AD) * Hypatia^ªº (c. 350–370; died 415 AD) Middle Ages * Al Farabi (c.872–c.950) * Ibn al-Haytham (c.965–c.1040) * Al Beruni (c.973–c.1048) * Omar Khayyám (c.1048–c.1131) * Bhaskara II (c.1114–c.1185) * Mu'ayyad al-Din al-Urdi (c.1200–c.1266) * Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201–1274) * Jean Buridan (1301–c.1359/62) * Nicole Oresme (c.1320/1325–1382) * Jamshid al-Kashi (1380–1429) * Sigismondo Polcastro (1384–1473) * Ulugh Beg (1394–1449) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Times
Ancient history is a time period from the History of writing, beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of Sumerian language, Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BCAD 500, ending with the Early Muslim conquests, expansion of Islam in late antiquity. The three-age system periodises ancient history into the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, with recorded history generally considered to begin with the Bronze Age. The start and end of the three ages vary between world regions. In many regions the Bronze Age is generally considered to begin a few centuries prior to 3000 BC, while the end of the Iron Age varies from the early first millennium BC in some regions to the late first millennium AD in others. During the time period of ancient history, the world population was Exponential growth, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
