who are the world's top 5 phicisists?

Answer 1

Of all time. There is so much choice, but here are 5 and why:

1. Isaac Newton - introduced mathematical formalism to physics and created calculus (he called it fluxions)
2. James Clerk Maxwell - gave the first unified explanation of electromagnetism
3. Ludwig Boltzmann - gave the first mathematical interpretation of the profoundly important second law of thermodynamics, and derived the Botlzmann distribution for gases
4. Max Planck - founded quantum mechanics
5. Richard Feynman - developed the first way to handle the fiendish equations of sub nuclear particle physics, and thereby made quark theory possible

Of the 5 I would pick Feynman as my number 1 - no other physicist has had such profound intuition as to how the universe works. You can still buy his popular science books.

Answer 2

Currently?

L. Cooper- U Illinois
C. Townes- Berkely
A. Zewail- Cal Tech
M. Gelman- Cal Tech
S. Hawking- Cambridge

They're not all Nobel Laureates, but the list below is useful.

Answer 3

Well, to me, the top five are as below:
1)Albert Einstein
2)Sir Isaac Newton
3)Maxell
4)Stephen William Hawking
5)Marie Curie

Answer 4

David Gibson

Answer 5

Yes, and Stephen Hawking...I couldn't think of his name last night...thanks, dgtt88!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Whoever they are, I am sure they can all spell the word.

Answer 8

maybe we should give you their addresses to so you can go and get them to do what every you want to do with them.

Answer 9

You, me and three other people