Physicists

The three Titans of quantum mechanics: (L-R) Paul Dirac, Werner Heisenberg and Erwin Schrödinger at the Stockholm Railway Station, c. 1933.

Robert J Oppenheimer, who is depicted by Cillian Murphy in a hit new film famously said in the moments after the first successful atom bomb test: 'I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.'

Robert Oppenheimer ; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist and director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb"...

In our times, most of humanity’s effort is set on exploring the future and the advancements that come with it, whether it’s technology or science. But delving into the past can be just as if not more entertaining.

English physicist Paul Dirac helped develop quantum mechanics, earned the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics, and predicted the existence of antimatter.

Director Christopher Nolan’s film about the physicist will hit theaters in June. The movie is based on ‘American Prometheus,’ a masterful biography that draws on 30 years of research about the rise and fall of the scientist who lent his talents to create the ultimate weapon

Stephen Hawking picture