Nov 9, 2023, 02:12 PM IST

Famous scientists and their inventions

Deepika Shakya

Newton's Laws of Motion and the Law of Universal Gravitation. These laws laid the foundation for classical physics and described the behavior of objects under the influence of forces

Isaac Newton

The Theory of Relativity, which includes the famous equation E=mc², revolutionized our understanding of space, time, and energy

Albert Einstein

The invention of the telephone, which transformed communication by allowing voice transmission over long distances

Alexander Graham Bell 

Pioneering research on radioactivity and the discovery of radium and polonium. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and remains a symbol of women in science

Marie Curie

Improving the telescope and using it to make astronomical observations, confirming the heliocentric model of the solar system 

 Galileo Galilei 

Inventing the practical the phonograph, and numerous other devices that greatly influenced modern technology

Thomas Edison 

Formulating Maxwell's Equations, which describe the behavior of electromagnetic waves, leading to the development of wireless communication

James Clerk Maxwell