More honorable mentions: Arnold Sommerfeld Emmy Noether Archimedes Johannes Kepler Ernst Abbe Heinrich Hertz Hermann von Helmholtz Denis Papin Henri Poincaré
Never underestimate the power of Sir Isaac Newton (both physics and mathematics) he was there. Its very hard to place a physicist above Sir Isaac Newton.
I think there is an element of nationalism in these comments. It is I think very difficult to compare them, though I think Einstein is probably number one.
number one for me is issac newton. the man was not only the best physicist, he was also one of the best mathematicians of all time. much of this list would not exist if Issac Newton did not publish his work. I wonder what he would think of quantum physics though😂
I think the great man probably would've loved Einstein as his best friend. He would've been elated with general and special relativity. And then there comes quantum mechanics... Sir Isaac Newton probably would've pulled his hair out of his head😂
I like what you’re saying, but Einstein is the basis for almost all modern physics, our deepest understandings of the universe whilst started by Newton, or moderately foundational to Albert Einstein
The best physicist is not mentioned at all. Probably the argument is he belongs on top of the list of mathematicians, but for my money, he tops both. The name is Carl Fredrick Gauss.
At the turn of the millennium, over 100 prominent physicists and science writers were asked to name the 10 top physicists in history and rank them. They all named Einstein as number one, Maxwell as number two, and Newton as number three. When Einstein was invited to Cambridge University, the Cavendish Professor said to Einstein "You stand on the shoulders of Newton". Einstein replied "No, I stand on the shoulders of Maxwell".
Oh and he died YOUNG! If he never died he may have very well went on to become the greatest physicist to ever live because he was just getting started on stat-mech and thermodynamics.
@@gw5161 if we are judging based entirely off of who got it perfect than neither did Einstein. His equations breakdown at the center of a black hole and is incompatible with quantum mechanics. If someone comes along and unifies GR and QM we aren't going to look at Einstein as wrong. We will look at Einstein as having significantly advanced our understanding of physics though imperfectly. This is how Newton is viewed. He advanced our understanding of the universe more than anyone before or after. His equations are correct, just incomplete just like Einstein's equations.
@@gw5161 Newton was certainly wrong about gravity. But how could he have not been wrong about gravity in the mid to late 1600s? The math to prove GR, higher levels of Calculus and Non-Euclidean geometry, hadn't yet been discovered. Einstein discovered GR because of problems within electromagnetism. These discoveries hadn't been made in Newton's time and would have been totally irrelevant within Newton's world. Newtonian mechanics was an answer to the problems of the mid 1600s. It's also worth noting you can derive Newton's equations from Einstein's equations if you assume spacetime is flat and matter is non-relativistic. I think a better way to look at GR is they are built upon both Newtonian mechanics and Maxwell's electromagnetism.
You're right! It's very hard to pick between Newton and Einstein. I felt Newton's work in physics would have been discovered by others over time( if not for the great man, we may have been 200 years behind). What Einstein achieved was one of the greatest achievements of the human mind - I honestly don't think we now 2021 anyone would have been able to come up with general relativity if Einstein didn't discover it.
I'm not so sure like you and I would use your iota in order to write an even greater one (Archimedes) or maybe two greater ones (Archimedes and Galileo)
@@RealLifeTop10sNewton invented calculus. Einstein had to be coached in math, plagerized Hilberg, and couldn't solve his own equations (first solved by Schwartzchild).
Surely you can admit an IOTA of doubt as I champion Paul Dirac- a superior mathematician to Einstein [and with perhaps equal imagination] BUT does it really matter, one way or another, in the greater scheme of things?
Paul Dirac belongs in the top 5 physicists of all time. He was a quiet person, but his contributions to physics overshadow those of Schrodinger, Heisenberg and definitely Feynman
I don't think any sane person puts Feynman above Dirac as a physicist. But Dirac was only a physicist, and Feynman was far more broadly engaged in the world.
In his autobiography, Fred Hoyle told how Dirac supervised him for his PhD work at Cambridge. In actual fact, Hoyle resented having to have a supervisor, and Dirac didn't want to be one! Both men apparently appreciated the irony.
Newton is No. 1. He invented calculus (co-inventor); he built foundations for mechanics, with three fundamental Newton’s law. he revolutionized optics; he proposed particle theory of light, he revealed colors and light components. And more…
You blew it. John von Neumann made major contributions to mathematics (foundations of mathematics, functional analysis, ergodic theory, group theory, representation theory, operator algebras, geometry, topology, and numerical analysis), physics (quantum mechanics, hydrodynamics, and quantum statistical mechanics), economics (game theory), computing (Von Neumann architecture, linear programming, self-replicating machines, stochastic computing), and statistics. He was a pioneer of the application of operator theory to quantum mechanics in the development of functional analysis, and a key figure in the development of game theory and the concepts of cellular automata, the universal constructor and the digital computer. He is also considered the father of the modern stored-program computing architecture in use today.
He contributed mostly to applied mathematics.when you mention the other scientists there's a monumental accomplishment that comes to mind, that's what neumann lacks
@@Bob-qt8sq You are joking, right? Neumann INVENTED the stored program computer architecture all binary computers use today...the entire modern world is thanks to him. He also came up with Quantum Entropy....you may want to read up on it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_entropy
Certainly yes! He definitely can be on this list! He is one of the most brilliant people to ever live! Looking back I certainly would have added him in the top 10 to the other video on "top 10 mathematicians" probably in the top 4
You blew it? I'm a big fan of von Neumann. I've read Dyson's paper summarizing von Neumann's career. But this is a list of physicists. Surely top of the list of people you want to call if you're a real physicist and you get hopelessly stuck. His work in physics was technically masterful, but not that central to the development of the field. Turing is also underrated. In addition to the mathematical foundation of computer science, he also produced completely original work in developmental biology. But that doesn't make him one of the all-time great biologists.
Einstein’s first wife contributed enormously to ‘his’ attributes and should be celebrated… while Newton’s single handed contribution to Science is unparalleled.
But don't forget that discovery of the Transistor effect paved the way for all of our modern day electronic technology - think about the technology we use at our fingertips at this very moment.
When Albert Einstein was asked who the smartest person who ever lived was, he replied Isaac Newton. Newton's intelligence was so high it cannot be measured by standard methods. Off the scale.
@@sergiodario58able OK. We need to set this straight once and for all. When asked how it felt to be the smartest person alive, Einstein said you'd have to ask Nikola Tesla. When asked who the smartest person who ever lived was, he replied Isaac Newton. Look it up. I have many times. Not only could Newton do things other humans could not, he could do things not thought to be humanly possible
@@cameronlaird894 They are all great physicists but the problem is it's not possible to include everyone in one video. If the video is too long then fewer people would want to watch it.
So much of what we have today rests on the shoulders of these few men and women. Newton’s mechanics described what we see whereas Einstein challenged what we think we are seeing. Enjoyed the video.
I would put Newton as number 1. The list is fairly subjective. There's this neat quote which I must paraphrase, 'There's great times when mediocre scientists do grand science. And there's mediocre times when great scientists can only do mediocre science.'
Einstein would put Newton as #1. Newton had far less to work with than did Einstein. Newton created a form of math to help him with his physics. Einstein went to mathematicians to help him with his math.
As a BSc. in physics, I must say this list is more a romantic name-dropping for science lovers who feel nostalgia for the golden age of physics in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. These are - no doubt - HUGE physicists, but there are others who contributed no less, and whose contribution will drive us to the next centuries. Specifically, I miss Archimedes, Aristotle, Botzman, Mach, Enrico Fermi, several French physicists whose name now escape me, the picture here is not only incomplete - it's distorted to specific direction.
Einstein would put Newton as #1. Newton had far less to work with than did Einstein. Newton created a form of math to help him with his physics. Einstein went to mathematicians to help him with his math.
Actually James Clerk Maxwell was Einstein's Physics hero because he unified all Electromagnetic equations into a complete unified system of equations which complemented each other. Einstein had a painting or photograph of Maxwell prominently displayed in his office at Princeton. Maxwell's work likely spurred Einstein to at least attempt to find a complementary system of equations for all the forces of nature (not just electro-magnetism).
@@dovbarleib3256 Clerk Maxwell was more Feynman's hero than Einstein's hero. As Dick would say: To be stranded on a deserted island, I'd at least like to have Maxwell's equations.
@@drbonesshow1 I read an anecdote recently that Einstein got rather sour when asked if he stood on the shoulders of Newton and barked back: I stand on the shoulders of Maxwell. That doesn't directly answer the hero worship question, but it's suggestive.
Newton and Einstein were like Pelé and Maradona. Pelé had and invented all skills while Maradona was a genius. I always choose Pelé ahead of Maradona. Similarly, Newton's understanding of physics is incomparable. He put a lot of had work and dedication to the study of Physics and succeeded in many areas. Einstein on the other hand was a genius and lived to correct some of Newton's ideas. So my take for number 1 spot is SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
I think a big question mark hangs over Einstein concerning his thoughts on gravity - a general effect or subject to the speed of light law for particles. That aside relativity takes place as one of three theories issuing from Newton’s synthesis - electromagneticity and quantum being the other two. So - one of the triumvirate which includes Bohr and Maxwell. I have not the critical competence to evaluate Fuller’s modest claim to sketch the basis of a real unified field in his geodetic theory - but I notice that geodetics accord with very ancient high science; that geodetics accords with the very obvious use by Nature/God of honey-comb - aka 60° coordinate - geometry; that the ‘isotropic vector matrix’ consideration makes complete sense for the articulation of all-space in place of cubic mensuration since lightning does not take a ninety degree path when it strikes but - small or big - a hexagon will fit into its angles of strike!
Newton also knew how to create math to fit his physics. As Feynman said, calculus is god's language, and that language was deciphered by Newton and Leibniz with a hat tip to Arichimedes.
With the help of giants, Newton and Maxwell laid the foundation for physics. And Einstein and the QM team laid the second foundation. However, the QM team not only unable to explain QM, they can't even agree among themselves.
@@Shivammishra98643 you have also to consider the period of discovery of these theories. You have to know that there is about 300 years difference between Newton and Einstein. During Newton not many things were yet discovered but during Einstein there were many other phenomenon which were already discovered by then including Electromagnetism, Electromagnetic Waves, Thermodynamics etc. These phenomenon enabled Einstein to combine them with ideas of Newton Theories to create both Special and General Relativity. So I think if you ask me between Einstein and Newton I will choose Newton because of his great role in creation of Physics.
I fully agree. It is very hard do decide between Newton and Einstein. Both of them would deserve the 1st place from different reasons (foundations vs. human mind). However, Maxwell's 3rd place is unquestionable.
Personally, I'd bracket Maxwell with the other two. I've wondered often: what if he'd lived say another 20 years, and heard about the Michelson-Morley experiment? Is it possible he'd have conceived some form of relativity theory years before Einstein?
Very good list! These are pretty much whom I also consider to be the top 10 physicists. I think I would've put Newton ahead of Einstein though, mainly because Newtonian mechanics survived unchallenged for nearly 250 years and is still an excellent approximation at human scales, but also because of his numerous additional contributions to both math and physics. However, I wouldn't be surprised if 500 years from now, once people travel routinely near the speed of light, relativity becomes as commonplace in everyday life as Newtonian mechanics is for us today.
Thank you so much David for your thoughts ❤️!!! I totally understand why you would put Newton ahead of Einstein ( which roughly 75% of people would agree with).
I dont remember the lines in book, but when i read that I thought this guy is geniuos. and i got mad respect of him, I believe he is top 10, but i dont know why.
It is hard to argue with your top 3, though I would put Newton as #1. I would say Newton's realization that mathematics (calculus) could provide evolution equations for physics is the most important discovery of all. I criticize you for not even mentioning Boltzmann, who would be #4 on my list. Finally, I wish you had never mentioned Mach, one of the true villains of physics. Hounded Boltzmann to suicide and never made any substantial contributions. Why put Schrodinger above Born? Schrodinger not only didn't understand his equation, but rejected Born's correct interpretation. Just a question, you never mention von Neumann, either in your mathematics list nor your physics list. Doesn't he deserve some notice as one of most creative and diverse scientists of the 20th century.
Thank you for your remarks! It was constructive criticism at its best! Top 10 list tend to be subjective as we all have our own opinions. Born can certainly replace Schrodinger on this list! The reason I put Schrodinger on the list is because of the importance of his wave equation Coming to von Neumann, Firstly, looking back I certainly would have added John von Neumann, Cauchy and Gödel in the top 10 on the "top 10 greatest mathematicians" video Secondly, for this video, he certainly can be in the top 10 or at least as an honorable mention. The problem is it's not possible to include everyone as there are many great mathematicians and physicists, so unfortunately some would get missed out
It is hard to say who is top physicist between Newton and Einstein. Both had different tools to work with, and different objectives. Truly blessed human beings.
True. I go with Newton, he was in the top mathematicians list also, Einstein wasnt. Plus, if I remember correctly, Einstein has been proven wrong on some important stuff with quantum physics. Einstein is just so popular because he came in at the same time of the motion picture, widespread communications, newspapers, the world truly had become global, and the atomic bomb. Newton however was just going around collecting apples.
I'd have to go with Newton since he invented Calculus in less time than it takes some of the smartest people in our society to kind of learn it, came up with Classical Physics and Optics basically completely on his own, came up with the first universal law, etc., Without Calculus (which Newton came up with) there is no way Einstein could have come up with his Theory.
See 'Beyond Einstein Theories' including the 'Theory of Everything' at 7seals.blogspot.com . Only the Returned Christ & Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.
I have just finished with the list of top 10 greatest mathematicians of all time and now I am here with the list of top 10 greatest physicists of all time. It's quite impressive that they are mostly Germans or German-speaking scientists. I was expecting more Britons because of Oxford and Cambridge. Proud to be German! 🇩🇪
@@Shivammishra98643 Newtonian Physics is still relavent as it is the physics of daily life. Things that we can easly see. Quantum Mechanics and Relativity are for small particals that we can never see and Large Objects respectively
@UC3bwnlaUABjs63AzHBxJO_w i do respect him but in my opinion we now have better mechanics to solve real life problems better than newtonian. And also what do you mean by "einstein copied" thing? His genral relativity is so much diffrent than newtons law of gravitation. You can't call it a copy because both there theories have some similarities. If that is your point then, shouldn't galileo be the greatest scientist ever? He built the foundation for newton to discover his thing he discovered kinematics due to which newton can easily purpose his theories about forces. And calculus would have been discovered by any scientist that came after newton like faraday or maxwell most likely eular he would have invented it the guy that is fuckin omnipotent in mathematics if not for eular how about gauss? He could have invented it don't you think since gauss too is a physicist + mathematician. Look i do respect him ngl BUT ITS MY OPINION. I respect your opinion and i apologize for being arrogant but yeh
@@Shivammishra98643 Most of what we do day to day in science/physics and engineering is Newtonian even for fluids. The Apollo moon rockets used Newtons formulae. His way of thinking about functions, calculus, infinite series are still very relevant and help most budding mathematicians get insights into how maths is works and connects to physics. The principal did more than anything to usher in the age of reason. Before Newton religious beliefs predominated, Galileo was hounded by the church, but once people saw that mathematical logical equations could predict forces on earth that applied to the cosmos that all changed. Richard Feynman in his seminal books refers to newtons universal gravitation as a wonder ie it works throughout the observable universe. Its only really with things at a small level or precision of atomic clocks that non Newtonian physics is needed. His expansion of binomial introduced simple numerical methods for calculating pi and other functions. However the point of these videos is a bit of subjective fun. How can you compare ancient physicist to modern ones in anything but a semi-subjective way. Newton and Galileo influenced all came after them. My criticism of this list is its biased towards quantum mechanics and overlooks other areas of physics. Boltzman, Van't Hoff, Kelvin, Faraday, Asian such as Yukawa, but also some of the great medieval minds such as the remarkable Oxford scholar Bishop Robert Grosseteste who's tritest especially on light, spectrum, refraction and reflection and this remarkable ideas of an expanding universe, caused by a big bang and a light filled universe from which matter condensed anticipate science many centuries hence. It was no accident the age of enlightenment happened with such scholars in in the 1220s and later students such as Bacon.
Einstein had the bravest mind of way to change the very fundamental of science when everyone had already reached conclusions ...best theory of all times
Relativity was initiated by Albert A. Michelson, Hendrik Lorentz, Henri Poincaré . The Michelson-Morley experiment showed non existence of aether that might have provided FALSE conclusion that the speed c is constant under any reference frames. With the experimental result, Einstein published special relativity, c as constant under any inertia frames that explained the unexpected experimental result. The MM experiment showed speed of light c was not affected by earth’s motion based on the light beam interference. The MM experiment itself didn’t measure the speed c. It only showed that earth’s motion didn’t affect light beams interference. That’s not equivalent to the speed c is constant. Two contradictions: It contradicts the light travels in curves under gravity, the tides are due to moon’s gravity. And it also contradicts the speed c in air is slower than in vacuum. (Because the experiment was done in air. If it is repeated in the vacuum, a). if the light interference is still not affected by the earth’s motion, then it contradicts the result of the experiment in air. b) If it is affected, then c is not constant. Either way, it contradicts the scientific facts) Even if at the end point, c can be measured as constant as in vacuum, but that still doesn’t support c is constant over its travelled path because c travels in curves. Take another step back, even c is considered as constant under any path, it still doesn’t support that it is constant under any reference frames. What is relativeness in math algebra expression? It is that a-b=d is true if a=b+d. If c is constant under any reference, then it is not linear. But c and any other velocity v are treated as linear. If space A or spacetime is curved, then it must have a space B that is not curved. Either there are many spaces, or spacetime is only local. Saying curved means it has curvature r, but how to calculate r, it must be defined on a non-curved space. That the earth surface is curved infers that you are referring the surface in Euclidean space. Any non-Euclidean space means the r in the space is not uniformly 0, but r must be defined on Euclidean space. The curvature of a surface cannot be defined based on its own surface. In other words, a curved space A must be contained in a non-curved space B. If mass causes space curved, although no one gives any-how, then mass must be in the Maxwells equations, because a curved space changes the electric-magnetic fields due to the time and distance in the fields in the equations are defined on non-curved space. So if mass curves space, the Maxwells equations must be affected, Or the space that the fields being contained is not the same space being curved by the mass.
Aryabhatta mathematician 476-550 CE, the golden period of India in which Aryabhatta, the scientist, astronomer and mathematician, lived. Aryabhatta, Indian mathematician’s contributions include the discovery of the spherical shape of the earth, the number of days in 1 year and notable works are Aryabhatasiddhanta and Aryabhatiya. The former work is lost, and Aryabhatiya has three sections. These sections are: Ganita (Mathematics): This section has the names of the first 10 decimal places and provides algorithms for finding cube and square roots through decimals. In this second, he noticed the second-order sine difference and sine numbers are proportional. Aryabhatta is known for involving one of the two strategies for making the table of sines by utilizing the Pythagorean hypothesis. Kala-kriya (Time Calculations): Aryabhata examines cosmology like planetary movements, meanings of different units of time so forth. Gola (Sphere): In this section, the mathematician used trigonometry for spherical geometry. Brahmagupta Mathematician 7th-century Rajasthan astronomer and mathematician, Brahmagupta is famous for his work Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta.’ The book is related to the use of 0 as a number in calculations. A large portion of his works was in the Sanskrit language. Brahmagupta, mathematician of Ancient India, also known as Bhillamalacarya, is recognized for his contribution to Arithematics, Trigonometry (Sine Table and Interpolation formula), and solutions to general linear equation, Brahmagupta’s Theorem and Brahmagupta’s Formula. Brahmagupta couldn’t finish the utilization of 0 in calculations with respect to division; however, he offered calculations, for example, (1 + 0 = 1; 1 - 0 = 1; and 1 x 0 =0), for utilizing the digit 0. The reason why he is known as the best mathematician in the world is the discovery of negative numbers and their calculations. Further, the establishment of √10 (3.162277) by Brahmagupta gave new dimensions to trigonometry and geometry.
John Archibald Wheeler Known for Breit-Wheeler process Wheeler-DeWitt equation Popularizing the term "black hole" Nuclear fission Geometrodynamics General relativity Unified field theory Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory Wheeler's delayed choice experiment One-electron universe Geon S-matrix Quantum foam Coining the term "neutron moderator" Coining the term "superspace" Coining the term "wormhole" Lorentzian wormhole "It from bit" Participatory anthropic principle
Great Physicist! But as you can imagine it's very hard to consider everyone when there are only 10 spots. Nonetheless, I'll be making videos on individual mathematicians & physicists, so I'll definitely cover him in future videos.
Undoubtedly Newton as Einstein himself acknowledged we have reached where we are riding on his shoulders. Newton's theories and discoveries opened the doors for Einstein and others centuries earlier 😊
Enrico Fermi said: there are 3 types of Physicists, the ones who make some less important discoveries, the ones who make more important discoveries, than there are the geniuses like Galileo and Newton, so: Ettore Majorana was one of them
I would swap places between Dirac and Feynman. Much as I love Feynman and all that his ability to communicate has done for physics, Dirac is distinguished by his incredible originality of thought, probably beyond anyone else in the list. I'd certainly give honourable mentions to Hamilton, his contributions have provided such powerful tools to so many others, and Carnot, where would thermodynsmics be without him?
Certainly a matter of personal opinion. Lorentz, Prandtl, Lagrange, Gauss, Hamilton, Jacobi, Euler, Schlichting etc are among the most influential physicists to me, mainly because of what I study and research. Prandtl and Schlichting for their contribution to modern understanding of boundary layers, giving rise to CFD. Lagrange, Hamilton, and Jacobi for their influence in calc of variation for classical mechanics. Lorentz for Lorentz transformation and other useful things.
@@Li.Siyuan Same could be said about some on the list here. Mathematical/Theoretical physicists could very well be considered mathematicians. They write like mathematicians in papers, so really there's not much of a difference.
@@Mr35diamonds I'm not sure that I agree, my friend. The people mentioned here are primarily physicists and not mathematicians, or, in the case of Newton, both. Physicists write in the language of mathematics to express their ideas in papers.
@@Li.Siyuan Clearly you don't understand. But I don't plan to argue further. I'm a mathematical physics student, a quick read of the structures of papers mathematical physicists write versus computational/experimental proves my point. Mathematical physicists write like mathematicians, they emphasise heavy rigour and prove everything in an abstract way, they even structure their papers like mathematicians, unlike computational or experimental. Just look at Weinberg, Hawking, Penrose, Boltzmann in this list, compared to say, Mach, Bernoulli etc. The former write very much like mathematicians, using abstract mathematical relations applied to physics, and as such most maths dept have a mathematical physics research group. The latter are primarily experimental, and their papers demonstrate such, they use ,,mathematics to express their ideas" yes of course, but it's wholly different. You won't see ,,experimental physics" in a maths department research group, but you will most likely see ,,mathematical physics"
@@Mr35diamonds I, too, do not plan to argue further but please understand that I'm a retired particle physicist, so perhaps I do understand after all...
Astronomy, Alchemy > Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy....only SIR Isaac Newton (1st Scientist to be knighted) explored, excelled & creatively linked so many of these Sciences together in some form or another (excerpt from his famous quote here: "....whilst the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.'). Thus, he'll always be the 'GOAT' in my opinion. That being said, the list is still quite impressive given it's a mix of major Physics sub-disciplines, allied fields of study & their creators, contributors & eventual masters e.g. Astrophysics & Cosmology /Atomic-Nuclear /Mathematical /Quantum /Theoretical....you guys see how fast things get intertwined & beautifully linked. Likewise, the 'honorary mentions' include so many greats that their individual & collective (e.g. Curie's) stories & contributions makes for a very interesting historical perspective on the growth & development of the Subject. For anyone interested or pursuing a course of study, I urge them to read their Biographies & then draw their own conclusions on what greatest /greatness really means.
For honorable mention, how about Chien-Shiung Wu? Was she of Hong Kong or China? A children's book says that she did the work behind two or three Nobel prizes, work in nuclear physics. She is in 2021 on a U.S. stamp.
The two that affect me the most are Lord Rayleigh and Christiaan Huygen for their discoveries that eventually led to understanding why ultrasonic NDT testing worked.
Nikola Tesla, by far the best inventor and scientist ever, GOAT. I agree with the list, because he was more electrical technician and engineer then physicist.
@@RealLifeTop10s the general consensus seems to be with Newton, then it’s a coin toss between Einstein and Maxwell. Einstein had two pictures on his wall, at the Advanced Institute, Newton and Maxwell 😀
I would put Dmitry Mendeleev as # 1. The discoverer of the PERIODIC TABLE. Because his discovery gave rise to many scientific fields: chemical physics, biophysics, nuclear physics, physical chemistry, biochemistry, modern medicine, etc.
Sir Isaac Newton is greatest physicist of all time.at the age between 23 to 24 he discovered, Universal Theory of gravitation Principles of motion Invented backbone of physics called calculus Many laws of optics . He is youngest physicist ever born on this planet.
@@gw5161 Newton is no.1 Einstein is no.2 and Maxwell is no.3 it is real listed . If Newton Einstein Maxwell and others scientist ever exist and if you aske them‘who is greatest physicist’ then they undoubtedly claim that Newton is greatest physicist of all time. 2 sorry 😊😅
@@gw5161 Princeton university press asked in Wired TH-cam channel to famous string theorist Dr michio kaku"who is your favourite physicist?” dr.michio kaku replied“my favourite physicist is Isaac Newton.He developed one of the greatest theory of all time that Laws of Universal gravitation and invented calculus.No anyone beat him. Einstein is up there way so is Richard Feynman but Isaac Newton tops all them. Sir Isaac Newton is greatest physicist of all time. ---- Walter lewin in his famous book 📚. sir Isaac Newton is smartest person who ever face walked this earth and he is greatest physicist of all time. --- famous astrophysicist Neil degrasses Tyson. This guy's is who claim that Newton is greatest physicist. three times sorry 😂😊
@@gw5161 bro if old Theory never superseded by new theory then how to explain new phenomenon and we never have theory of everything.it is culture of development in physics.and every space agency use Newton law of gravity not einstein.newton theory only replace when there is high velocity compare to speed of light and strong gravity . Newton time is very poor for development in physics.although Newton alone had more contributed to science than any other individual in human history. And coming time Einstein theory is also superseded by another theory . The new phenomenon is already discovered which Einstein theory cannot explain like dark matter,dark energy,big bang , inside of black hole , singularity etc
The Golden Age of Theoretical Physics, with those who made it. Thanking you and all of them for opening our eyes and perception to the Principles governing physics.
Great Physicists! But as you can imagine it's very hard to consider everyone when there are only 10 spots. Nonetheless, I'll be making videos on individual mathematicians & physicists, so I'll definitely cover them in future videos.
I have to chime in with some of the others who would rank Newton as #1 with Einstein #2. Newton was a stronger mathematician than Einstein, therein is the difference between the two.
But Einstein had to venture into describing physical law that's far less comprehensible to human experience. If Newton had figured out the equivalence of mass and energy, there wouldn't even be a question here, but he didn't. But this is like comparing Bobby Orr to Wayne Gretzky. There's no possible way to end the argument.
Strange that the greatest physicist of antiquity, Archimedes, doesn't even rate an honorable mention. Discovering bouyancy alone should have qualified him, and yet he did so much more. Your list seems to imply that physics began with Galileo and Newton. Not true, not true.
Physics began as a science with Galileo and Newton (and Descartes too). Before a scientific community formed itself in the XVIIth century, revolving around a consensual method, existed what was known as « natural philosophy » and engineering which used math to build technologies but not to explain the world and its functioning. Hence, Archimedes, as much of a genius as he was, wasn’t a physicist, but a mathematician and engineer
I don't understand how anyone could put Einstein over Newton. Newton had so many great accomplishments in both Mathematics and Physics it's almost embarrassing to name them all. Without Newton (and the Calculus he invented) there would be no Einstein. Newton is a level above Einstein (if not levels above him), IMO. There will almost certainly never be another person who will single-handedly contribute so much to Science as Isaac Newton. Almost every aspect of every field of Science benefited from his amazing insights. The same can't be said about Einstein's work.
As a physics student I really like all of them but especially I like sir Richard Feynman . because the way he spread his knowledge to all of us.and provide us knowledge that is incredible
I, too, like Sir Issac Newton for all his intelligence and that he believed in astrology and was not afraid to tell other scientists that he studied it and believed in it.
I agree. They were both geniuses; however every modern scientist that has been asked this question (as far as I know) has always put Newton slightly ahead of Einstein. From a different perspecitve, one can also ask this question: who achieved more with less tools at hand? For example, tools such as mathematics. I would argue Newton did. In fact Newton needed to invent new mathematics to make his scientific breakthroughs.
@@bcaldwell50 You don’t invent mathematics. You discover it! By the way, Einstein was a great thinker but I wouldn’t rate a physicist so high, whose two main theories didn’t have an absolute reference frame. That is a fatal error in understanding existence and the universe.
10. Michael Faraday (Law of Induction). 9. Archimedes (Laws of Buoyancy). 8. Erwin Shoridnger (Equation that measured the energyof electrons). 7. Werner Heisenberg( Atom Structure). 6. Niels Bohr (Unknown). 5. Richard Feynman (Quantum Electrodynamics). 4. Max Planck (Laws of Quantum Mechanics). 3. James Clerk Maxwell (Laws of Electrodynamics). 2. Albert Einstein (Relativity, as well as the Photoelectric Effect). 1. Isaac Newton (Laws of Motion, Gravity, and partially inventing Calculus).
I noticed that most of these greatest greats lived long enough lives. Thank God 🙏🏻 and thank you, video creator for recalling these great souls that changed our lives for good.
Don’t you think Feynman fell a little considering his theory of quantum electrodynamics was a revolutionary and he gave the Feynman path integrals and diagrams for decays and boson interactions which are better known as Feynman diagrams
(infinite acelleration gives the brain the ability to grasp/fathom infinite space ) infinite acceleration of space as opening sequence of an infinite universe where planets are fed with stellar wind and stars and galaxies are fed fed with cosmic radiation - cosmic radiation origin through entropy (infinite acceleration eliminates time --> time is inertia )
My top 10 as a physics major: 10)Marie Curie 9)James Clerk Maxwell 8) Neils Bohr 7) Enrico Fermi 6)Paul Dirac 5)Richard Feynman 4)Michael Faraday 3)Albert Einstein 2)Galileo Galilei 1) Sir Isaac Newton Maxwell's work although revolutionary for his time, was largely based on Michael Faraday intuition, so I would put the latter a bit higher up on the list. Galileo Galilei must be higher on the list, as a big amount of Newton's work, like the first law of motion, orbits is based on Galilei's work, who was the first proper physicist. Max Planck made great contributions but failed to see the implications of his observations due to his orthodox point view, therefore cannot be at the same level of other giants and making to the top 10. Some physicists, like Enrico Fermi and Marie Curie are in my opinion largely underrated, while others are, although still giants, a bit overrated.
@@richardromero6193 yeah Faraday is tremendously underrated. The reason why I put the others above is the huge impact their work had for the whole physics, in its entirety for centuries, especially as far as Newton and Galileo is concerned. But you could argue that Faraday had a similarly huge impact as far as electromagnetism, electric fields. I would say his work had been more impressive and revolutionary than the mathematical formalism introduced by Maxwell. For sure he is in the top GOAT
I'm not an expert but I agree with you 90%. I would just replace great Marie Curie with greater Planck and I would extend the list to the honorary greatest one: Archimedes
For me:1) Isaac Newton ;2)Nicolas Tesla;3) Galilée ;4)Henri Poincaré ;5)Paule Dirac;6)James Maxwell ;7)Max Planck;8) Einstein ;9)Niels Bohr;10) Kepler.
I reckon you have placed Dirac too low. He was the first person to relate Relativity and Quantum Mechanics, and set QM on a solid foundation that is still true today!
Nice ranking! I would have added John Bell to the honorable mentions. Glad Boltzmann was mentioned. Einstein & Newton might be interchangeable, because the radical game-changing contributions are of similar weight, relative to the time they lived in. But yeah, can't argue with Einstein at #1.
@@RealLifeTop10s He really deserves a lot more recognition, he was quite prolific. Pioneering QFT, the so called most successful scientific theory, is simply amazing. Wonder why he could never agree with renormalization though 😅
Einstein - as weird as it sounds - is often underestimated. Developing GR is one of the greatest scientfic achievments in history, but not is only work. His influence on the start quantum physics is enormous and the description of Brownian motion via statistical mechanics marks the beginning of biological phyiscs which will be huge in the next decades. Even when he was wrong his objections were fruitful (see EPR paradoxon). Him being #1 here is legitimate. To compare Newton and him is just really hard due to the difference in the circumstances of their work.
I think it is interesting that you don't give Rayleigh or Gibbs and honorable mention. Gibbs work on many things was impressive and Rayleigh's contributions, especially the mathematical methods of theoretical physics were important.
See 'Beyond Einstein Theories' including the 'Theory of Everything' at 7seals.blogspot.com . Only the Returned Christ & Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.
Einstein was once asked, "who the smartest man in the world was" (words to that effect). He replied, "Ask Nikola Tesla". Now, Nikola Tesla thought that General Relativity was junk, so I think Einstein was being sarcastic.
@@dyiu38 Yes, I ran across such parameters in obtaining my PhD in Chemical Physics (working out of two departments - chemistry and physics). Of course, as a physics professor, I'm not as excited about it as you seem to be!!!
you're correct 💯🔥 It's very hard to pick between Newton and Einstein. I went with Einstein as we really can't explain anything in the universe without general relativity
More honorable mentions:
Arnold Sommerfeld
Emmy Noether
Archimedes
Johannes Kepler
Ernst Abbe
Heinrich Hertz
Hermann von Helmholtz
Denis Papin
Henri Poincaré
Thank You So Much For Mentioning Them ❤️!
@@RealLifeTop10s Thank you for all your work on your video! I really enjoyed it.
@@SiqueScarface you're welcome my friend! Glad you liked the video 🙂
And Murray Gell Mann
Add Wheeler!
Doesn't matter who is #1, we owe them all a debt of gratitude. They all influenced our lives greatly.
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But the Politicians continuously screwing everything up...
Never underestimate the power of Sir Isaac Newton (both physics and mathematics) he was there. Its very hard to place a physicist above Sir Isaac Newton.
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When I was in school, all I learnt about Isaac Newton was that he was a great astrologer
But Nicholas Kopernicus was praised up to the 7th heaven
I think there is an element of nationalism in these comments. It is I think very difficult to compare them, though I think Einstein is probably number one.
Yes, the Newtons physics is easily to understand for normal physicists. That makes him so brilliant.
I think Newton's relative greatness (pun intended) to those around him forces us (pun intended) to put Newton above Einstein.
number one for me is issac newton. the man was not only the best physicist, he was also one of the best mathematicians of all time. much of this list would not exist if Issac Newton did not publish his work. I wonder what he would think of quantum physics though😂
You've a very strong argument
I think the great man probably would've loved Einstein as his best friend. He would've been elated with general and special relativity.
And then there comes quantum mechanics... Sir Isaac Newton probably would've pulled his hair out of his head😂
I like what you’re saying, but Einstein is the basis for almost all modern physics, our deepest understandings of the universe whilst started by Newton, or moderately foundational to Albert Einstein
The best physicist is not mentioned at all. Probably the argument is he belongs on top of the list of mathematicians, but for my money, he tops both.
The name is Carl Fredrick Gauss.
I agree. Hands down... it's Newton!
At the turn of the millennium, over 100 prominent physicists and science writers were asked to name the 10 top physicists in history and rank them. They all named Einstein as number one, Maxwell as number two, and Newton as number three.
When Einstein was invited to Cambridge University, the Cavendish Professor said to Einstein "You stand on the shoulders of Newton". Einstein replied "No, I stand on the shoulders of Maxwell".
Maxwell is really underated
Maxwell is CRIMINALLY underrated. THE ONLY physicist i might put over Einstein.
Oh and he died YOUNG! If he never died he may have very well went on to become the greatest physicist to ever live because he was just getting started on stat-mech and thermodynamics.
It is hard not to put Newton #1 when he discoverer Calculus to solve the motion of planets.
@@gw5161 if we are judging based entirely off of who got it perfect than neither did Einstein. His equations breakdown at the center of a black hole and is incompatible with quantum mechanics. If someone comes along and unifies GR and QM we aren't going to look at Einstein as wrong. We will look at Einstein as having significantly advanced our understanding of physics though imperfectly. This is how Newton is viewed. He advanced our understanding of the universe more than anyone before or after. His equations are correct, just incomplete just like Einstein's equations.
@@gw5161 yes Einstein's equations are a more accurate view of the universe. What is your point?
@@gw5161 Newton was certainly wrong about gravity. But how could he have not been wrong about gravity in the mid to late 1600s? The math to prove GR, higher levels of Calculus and Non-Euclidean geometry, hadn't yet been discovered. Einstein discovered GR because of problems within electromagnetism. These discoveries hadn't been made in Newton's time and would have been totally irrelevant within Newton's world. Newtonian mechanics was an answer to the problems of the mid 1600s.
It's also worth noting you can derive Newton's equations from Einstein's equations if you assume spacetime is flat and matter is non-relativistic. I think a better way to look at GR is they are built upon both Newtonian mechanics and Maxwell's electromagnetism.
Newton>Einstein. Newton was broaden than Einstein and his results were just as fundamental.
You're right! It's very hard to pick between Newton and Einstein. I felt Newton's work in physics would have been discovered by others over time( if not for the great man, we may have been 200 years behind).
What Einstein achieved was one of the greatest achievements of the human mind - I honestly don't think we now 2021 anyone would have been able to come up with general relativity if Einstein didn't discover it.
@@RealLifeTop10s string theory predicts general relativity photoelectric was brilliant discovery but general who knows
@@RealLifeTop10s Except the mixed work of Poincare and Hilbert would do exactly that.
anthony julianelle - completely agree.
@Leonhard Euler for me Newton is number 1
Sir Isaac Newton is the greatest Physicist ever,without an iota of doubt.
Very hard to pick between Newton and Einstein
I'm not so sure like you and I would use your iota in order to write an even greater one (Archimedes) or maybe two greater ones (Archimedes and Galileo)
@@RealLifeTop10sNewton invented calculus. Einstein had to be coached in math, plagerized Hilberg, and couldn't solve his own equations (first solved by Schwartzchild).
Surely you can admit an IOTA of doubt as I champion Paul Dirac- a superior mathematician to Einstein [and with perhaps equal imagination] BUT does it really matter, one way or another, in the greater scheme of things?
@@allandavis6116 they say top Physicists not top mathematical physicists. And I think there lies the difference.
Paul Dirac belongs in the top 5 physicists of all time.
He was a quiet person, but his contributions to physics overshadow those of Schrodinger, Heisenberg and definitely Feynman
A very underappreciated physicist
I don't think any sane person puts Feynman above Dirac as a physicist. But Dirac was only a physicist, and Feynman was far more broadly engaged in the world.
In his autobiography, Fred Hoyle told how Dirac supervised him for his PhD work at Cambridge. In actual fact, Hoyle resented having to have a supervisor, and Dirac didn't want to be one! Both men apparently appreciated the irony.
Newton is No. 1. He invented calculus (co-inventor); he built foundations for mechanics, with three fundamental Newton’s law. he revolutionized optics; he proposed particle theory of light, he revealed colors and light components. And more…
I totally understand and respect your opinion. It's fair to say the great man is No.1
You blew it. John von Neumann made major contributions to mathematics (foundations of mathematics, functional analysis, ergodic theory, group theory, representation theory, operator algebras, geometry, topology, and numerical analysis), physics (quantum mechanics, hydrodynamics, and quantum statistical mechanics), economics (game theory), computing (Von Neumann architecture, linear programming, self-replicating machines, stochastic computing), and statistics. He was a pioneer of the application of operator theory to quantum mechanics in the development of functional analysis, and a key figure in the development of game theory and the concepts of cellular automata, the universal constructor and the digital computer. He is also considered the father of the modern stored-program computing architecture in use today.
He contributed mostly to applied mathematics.when you mention the other scientists there's a monumental accomplishment that comes to mind, that's what neumann lacks
@@Bob-qt8sq You are joking, right? Neumann INVENTED the stored program computer architecture all binary computers use today...the entire modern world is thanks to him. He also came up with Quantum Entropy....you may want to read up on it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_entropy
Certainly yes! He definitely can be on this list!
He is one of the most brilliant people to ever live!
Looking back I certainly would have added him in the top 10 to the other video on "top 10 mathematicians" probably in the top 4
You blew it? I'm a big fan of von Neumann. I've read Dyson's paper summarizing von Neumann's career. But this is a list of physicists. Surely top of the list of people you want to call if you're a real physicist and you get hopelessly stuck. His work in physics was technically masterful, but not that central to the development of the field. Turing is also underrated. In addition to the mathematical foundation of computer science, he also produced completely original work in developmental biology. But that doesn't make him one of the all-time great biologists.
I understand what you mean. I asked him to make a list of the best 10 trumpet players and he blew it.
Einstein’s first wife contributed enormously to ‘his’ attributes and should be celebrated… while Newton’s single handed contribution to Science is unparalleled.
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Let's not forget John Bardeen, who got two Nobel prizes in physics (for the invention of the transistor, and the theory of superconductivity).
In the top 10?? Maybe top 100 at a push, and I work in solid state physics and semiconductors for a living.
I respect your opinion but I don't think he makes this top 10 but possibly top 25
But don't forget that discovery of the Transistor effect paved the way for all of our modern day electronic technology - think about the technology we use at our fingertips at this very moment.
@@susilgunaratne4267 its great work, but scientists not judge how how much their work changes the world, but how more deeply we understand the world.
Tesla laid the groundwork for the transistor and who knows what else.
Newton comes at the top of the list for me....
I respect your opinion
When Albert Einstein was asked who the smartest person who ever lived was, he replied Isaac Newton. Newton's intelligence was so high it cannot be measured by standard methods. Off the scale.
I respect your opinion
His reply was Nikola Tesla
Everyone was great but Tesla was unique
Einstein reply was Nikola Tesla, not Newton.
@@sergiodario58able OK. We need to set this straight once and for all. When asked how it felt to be the smartest person alive, Einstein said you'd have to ask Nikola Tesla. When asked who the smartest person who ever lived was, he replied Isaac Newton. Look it up. I have many times. Not only could Newton do things other humans could not, he could do things not thought to be humanly possible
Am I the only one to have Boltzmann very high in his ranking? He is still the father of statistical physics
He is a top contender for this list for sure!
Ludwig Boltzmann has to be in the top 10. S = k.lnΩ fundamentally changed how we understand the world.
Boltzmann the man who understood arrow of time
WHERE IS GIBBS?
Or Kelvin and Kepler, for that matter.
@@cameronlaird894 They are all great physicists but the problem is it's not possible to include everyone in one video. If the video is too long then fewer people would want to watch it.
So much of what we have today rests on the shoulders of these few men and women. Newton’s mechanics described what we see whereas Einstein challenged what we think we are seeing. Enjoyed the video.
Thank you so much John❤️!!!
I really appreciate the feedback!
I would put Newton as number 1. The list is fairly subjective. There's this neat quote which I must paraphrase, 'There's great times when mediocre scientists do grand science. And there's mediocre times when great scientists can only do mediocre science.'
That is such a beautiful quote I must say!
Einstein would put Newton as #1. Newton had far less to work with than did Einstein. Newton created a form of math to help him with his physics. Einstein went to mathematicians to help him with his math.
As a BSc. in physics, I must say this list is more a romantic name-dropping for science lovers who feel nostalgia for the golden age of physics in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. These are - no doubt - HUGE physicists, but there are others who contributed no less, and whose contribution will drive us to the next centuries.
Specifically, I miss Archimedes, Aristotle, Botzman, Mach, Enrico Fermi, several French physicists whose name now escape me, the picture here is not only incomplete - it's distorted to specific direction.
I also feel the same way
And yes indeed there are many other incredible physicists not mentioned here
Where's Michael Faraday?
Yeah theres too many quantum dudes. Rutherford and Boltzmann deserve a top 10 spot imo.
Einstein would put Newton as #1. Newton had far less to work with than did Einstein. Newton created a form of math to help him with his physics. Einstein went to mathematicians to help him with his math.
I respect your opinion, you're not wrong
Newton is a demi god
Actually James Clerk Maxwell was Einstein's Physics hero because he unified all Electromagnetic equations into a complete unified system of equations which complemented each other. Einstein had a painting or photograph of Maxwell prominently displayed in his office at Princeton.
Maxwell's work likely spurred Einstein to at least attempt to find a complementary system of equations for all the forces of nature (not just electro-magnetism).
@@dovbarleib3256 Clerk Maxwell was more Feynman's hero than Einstein's hero. As Dick would say: To be stranded on a deserted island, I'd at least like to have Maxwell's equations.
@@drbonesshow1 I read an anecdote recently that Einstein got rather sour when asked if he stood on the shoulders of Newton and barked back: I stand on the shoulders of Maxwell. That doesn't directly answer the hero worship question, but it's suggestive.
Newton and Einstein were like Pelé and Maradona. Pelé had and invented all skills while Maradona was a genius. I always choose Pelé ahead of Maradona. Similarly, Newton's understanding of physics is incomparable. He put a lot of had work and dedication to the study of Physics and succeeded in many areas. Einstein on the other hand was a genius and lived to correct some of Newton's ideas. So my take for number 1 spot is SIR ISAAC NEWTON.
Well said! Newton was a Gem in the fields of physics and math
Pelé, genius
I think a big question mark hangs over Einstein concerning his thoughts on gravity - a general effect or subject to the speed of light law for particles. That aside relativity takes place as one of three theories issuing from Newton’s synthesis - electromagneticity and quantum being the other two. So - one of the triumvirate which includes Bohr and Maxwell. I have not the critical competence to evaluate Fuller’s modest claim to sketch the basis of a real unified field in his geodetic theory - but I notice that geodetics accord with very ancient high science; that geodetics accords with the very obvious use by Nature/God of honey-comb - aka 60° coordinate - geometry; that the ‘isotropic vector matrix’ consideration makes complete sense for the articulation of all-space in place of cubic mensuration since lightning does not take a ninety degree path when it strikes but - small or big - a hexagon will fit into its angles of strike!
Yes you are right
Newton also knew how to create math to fit his physics. As Feynman said, calculus is god's language, and that language was deciphered by Newton and Leibniz with a hat tip to Arichimedes.
With the help of giants, Newton and Maxwell laid the foundation for physics.
And Einstein and the QM team laid the second foundation.
However, the QM team not only unable to explain QM, they can't even agree among themselves.
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There are 2 greatest revolutionary scientific books in the human history: Euclide’s Geometry and Newton’s Principia. Newton should be the number 1.
Don't look at how many theories they have published look at how perfect they are.
I respect your opinion
@@Shivammishra98643 you have also to consider the period of discovery of these theories. You have to know that there is about 300 years difference between Newton and Einstein. During Newton not many things were yet discovered but during Einstein there were many other phenomenon which were already discovered by then including Electromagnetism, Electromagnetic Waves, Thermodynamics etc. These phenomenon enabled Einstein to combine them with ideas of Newton Theories to create both Special and General Relativity. So I think if you ask me between Einstein and Newton I will choose Newton because of his great role in creation of Physics.
@@Shivammishra98643these two books are great but Euclid is mathematics.
What an absolute pleasure to watch, thank you
Thank You So Very Much! Glad you liked it🙂
I fully agree. It is very hard do decide between Newton and Einstein. Both of them would deserve the 1st place from different reasons (foundations vs. human mind). However, Maxwell's 3rd place is unquestionable.
Well said 💯🔥
Personally, I'd bracket Maxwell with the other two. I've wondered often: what if he'd lived say another 20 years, and heard about the Michelson-Morley experiment? Is it possible he'd have conceived some form of relativity theory years before Einstein?
That's definitely possible
I like how radio was invented when people realised from Maxwell's equations that radio waves were a thing.
You should mention Emmy Noether, she discovered the relation between symmetry and conservation.
She is in the other video on " Top 10 greatest mathematicians of all time"
He did.
Excluding Landau is like excluding entire field of magnetism from physics..
He is a great mathematician but the problem is it's impossible to consider everyone when there are only 10 spots.
Very good list! These are pretty much whom I also consider to be the top 10 physicists. I think I would've put Newton ahead of Einstein though, mainly because Newtonian mechanics survived unchallenged for nearly 250 years and is still an excellent approximation at human scales, but also because of his numerous additional contributions to both math and physics. However, I wouldn't be surprised if 500 years from now, once people travel routinely near the speed of light, relativity becomes as commonplace in everyday life as Newtonian mechanics is for us today.
Thank you so much David for your thoughts ❤️!!!
I totally understand why you would put Newton ahead of Einstein ( which roughly 75% of people would agree with).
I don't think in 500 years we will be close to traveling at light speed, the laws will remain unchanged and thus it won't be routine. 🎉
Einstein was an assembler of known and emerging ideas.
@@peterolbrisch8970 I wouldn't be so sure! Just 200 years ago, most people thought we'd never build flying machines!
@@dcterr1 But we didn't know that much back then. Forget it Captain Kirk.
If the ranking is on the basis of whose work has had the greatest influence on the lives of ordinary humans then Michael Faraday surely is number one.
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Faraday/Tesla
I dont remember the lines in book, but when i read that I thought this guy is geniuos. and i got mad respect of him, I believe he is top 10, but i dont know why.
It is hard to argue with your top 3, though I would put Newton as #1. I would say Newton's realization that mathematics (calculus) could provide evolution equations for physics is the most important discovery of all. I criticize you for not even mentioning Boltzmann, who would be #4 on my list. Finally, I wish you had never mentioned Mach, one of the true villains of physics. Hounded Boltzmann to suicide and never made any substantial contributions.
Why put Schrodinger above Born? Schrodinger not only didn't understand his equation, but rejected Born's correct interpretation.
Just a question, you never mention von Neumann, either in your mathematics list nor your physics list. Doesn't he deserve some notice as one of most creative and diverse scientists of the 20th century.
Thank you for your remarks! It was constructive criticism at its best!
Top 10 list tend to be subjective as we all have our own opinions.
Born can certainly replace Schrodinger on this list! The reason I put Schrodinger on the list is because of the importance of his wave equation
Coming to von Neumann,
Firstly, looking back I certainly would have added John von Neumann, Cauchy and Gödel in the top 10 on the "top 10 greatest mathematicians" video
Secondly, for this video, he certainly can be in the top 10 or at least as an honorable mention.
The problem is it's not possible to include everyone as there are many great mathematicians and physicists, so unfortunately some would get missed out
Mathematics explaining physics was proposed by Pythagoras.
It is hard to say who is top physicist between Newton and Einstein. Both had different tools to work with, and different objectives. Truly blessed human beings.
True. I go with Newton, he was in the top mathematicians list also, Einstein wasnt. Plus, if I remember correctly, Einstein has been proven wrong on some important stuff with quantum physics.
Einstein is just so popular because he came in at the same time of the motion picture, widespread communications, newspapers, the world truly had become global, and the atomic bomb.
Newton however was just going around collecting apples.
I'd have to go with Newton since he invented Calculus in less time than it takes some of the smartest people in our society to kind of learn it, came up with Classical Physics and Optics basically completely on his own, came up with the first universal law, etc., Without Calculus (which Newton came up with) there is no way Einstein could have come up with his Theory.
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happy to see Maxwell receiving credit that he deserves, what a monster!
He was indeed
Einstein had Maxwell's portrait on his study wall. 'Nuff said.
See 'Beyond Einstein Theories' including the 'Theory of Everything' at 7seals.blogspot.com . Only the Returned Christ & Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.
I have just finished with the list of top 10 greatest mathematicians of all time and now I am here with the list of top 10 greatest physicists of all time. It's quite impressive that they are mostly Germans or German-speaking scientists. I was expecting more Britons because of Oxford and Cambridge. Proud to be German! 🇩🇪
Thank you for checking them out!
There is another one on Top 10 greatest chemists of all time
Germany was the centre of math and science in general ( particularly physics). Most of the greatest minds in math and physics came from Germany.
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@@RealLifeTop10s Not to mention philosophy 2nd to greece I think.
Issac Newton is called as father of all scientists, hence he should be in top of the top 10 list
His work are irrelevant now
I respect your opinion
@@Shivammishra98643 Newtonian Physics is still relavent as it is the physics of daily life. Things that we can easly see. Quantum Mechanics and Relativity are for small particals that we can never see and Large Objects respectively
@UC3bwnlaUABjs63AzHBxJO_w i do respect him but in my opinion we now have better mechanics to solve real life problems better than newtonian. And also what do you mean by "einstein copied" thing? His genral relativity is so much diffrent than newtons law of gravitation. You can't call it a copy because both there theories have some similarities. If that is your point then, shouldn't galileo be the greatest scientist ever? He built the foundation for newton to discover his thing he discovered kinematics due to which newton can easily purpose his theories about forces. And calculus would have been discovered by any scientist that came after newton like faraday or maxwell most likely eular he would have invented it the guy that is fuckin omnipotent in mathematics if not for eular how about gauss? He could have invented it don't you think since gauss too is a physicist + mathematician. Look i do respect him ngl BUT ITS MY OPINION. I respect your opinion and i apologize for being arrogant but yeh
@@Shivammishra98643 Most of what we do day to day in science/physics and engineering is Newtonian even for fluids. The Apollo moon rockets used Newtons formulae. His way of thinking about functions, calculus, infinite series are still very relevant and help most budding mathematicians get insights into how maths is works and connects to physics. The principal did more than anything to usher in the age of reason. Before Newton religious beliefs predominated, Galileo was hounded by the church, but once people saw that mathematical logical equations could predict forces on earth that applied to the cosmos that all changed. Richard Feynman in his seminal books refers to newtons universal gravitation as a wonder ie it works throughout the observable universe. Its only really with things at a small level or precision of atomic clocks that non Newtonian physics is needed. His expansion of binomial introduced simple numerical methods for calculating pi and other functions. However the point of these videos is a bit of subjective fun. How can you compare ancient physicist to modern ones in anything but a semi-subjective way. Newton and Galileo influenced all came after them. My criticism of this list is its biased towards quantum mechanics and overlooks other areas of physics. Boltzman, Van't Hoff, Kelvin, Faraday, Asian such as Yukawa, but also some of the great medieval minds such as the remarkable Oxford scholar Bishop Robert Grosseteste who's tritest especially on light, spectrum, refraction and reflection and this remarkable ideas of an expanding universe, caused by a big bang and a light filled universe from which matter condensed anticipate science many centuries hence. It was no accident the age of enlightenment happened with such scholars in in the 1220s and later students such as Bacon.
Einstein had the bravest mind of way to change the very fundamental of science when everyone had already reached conclusions ...best theory of all times
Relativity was initiated by Albert A. Michelson, Hendrik Lorentz, Henri Poincaré .
The Michelson-Morley experiment showed non existence of aether that might have provided FALSE conclusion that the speed c is constant under any reference frames. With the experimental result, Einstein published special relativity, c as constant under any inertia frames that explained the unexpected experimental result.
The MM experiment showed speed of light c was not affected by earth’s motion based on the light beam interference. The MM experiment itself didn’t measure the speed c. It only showed that earth’s motion didn’t affect light beams interference. That’s not equivalent to the speed c is constant. Two contradictions: It contradicts the light travels in curves under gravity, the tides are due to moon’s gravity. And it also contradicts the speed c in air is slower than in vacuum. (Because the experiment was done in air. If it is repeated in the vacuum, a). if the light interference is still not affected by the earth’s motion, then it contradicts the result of the experiment in air. b) If it is affected, then c is not constant. Either way, it contradicts the scientific facts)
Even if at the end point, c can be measured as constant as in vacuum, but that still doesn’t support c is constant over its travelled path because c travels in curves.
Take another step back, even c is considered as constant under any path, it still doesn’t support that it is constant under any reference frames. What is relativeness in math algebra expression? It is that a-b=d is true if a=b+d. If c is constant under any reference, then it is not linear. But c and any other velocity v are treated as linear.
If space A or spacetime is curved, then it must have a space B that is not curved. Either there are many spaces, or spacetime is only local. Saying curved means it has curvature r, but how to calculate r, it must be defined on a non-curved space. That the earth surface is curved infers that you are referring the surface in Euclidean space. Any non-Euclidean space means the r in the space is not uniformly 0, but r must be defined on Euclidean space. The curvature of a surface cannot be defined based on its own surface. In other words, a curved space A must be contained in a non-curved space B.
If mass causes space curved, although no one gives any-how, then mass must be in the Maxwells equations, because a curved space changes the electric-magnetic fields due to the time and distance in the fields in the equations are defined on non-curved space. So if mass curves space, the Maxwells equations must be affected, Or the space that the fields being contained is not the same space being curved by the mass.
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There are so many deserving honorable mentions. We scientists truly stand upon the shoulders of giants. ❤️
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To leave something behind is rare and takes a great mind. Most of us take a lifetime to to gain what has gone before.
This is such a beautiful saying
Aryabhatta mathematician
476-550 CE, the golden period of India in which Aryabhatta, the scientist, astronomer and mathematician, lived. Aryabhatta, Indian mathematician’s contributions include the discovery of the spherical shape of the earth, the number of days in 1 year and notable works are Aryabhatasiddhanta and Aryabhatiya. The former work is lost, and Aryabhatiya has three sections. These sections are:
Ganita (Mathematics): This section has the names of the first 10 decimal places and provides algorithms for finding cube and square roots through decimals. In this second, he noticed the second-order sine difference and sine numbers are proportional. Aryabhatta is known for involving one of the two strategies for making the table of sines by utilizing the Pythagorean hypothesis.
Kala-kriya (Time Calculations): Aryabhata examines cosmology like planetary movements, meanings of different units of time so forth.
Gola (Sphere): In this section, the mathematician used trigonometry for spherical geometry.
Brahmagupta Mathematician
7th-century Rajasthan astronomer and mathematician, Brahmagupta is famous for his work Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta.’ The book is related to the use of 0 as a number in calculations. A large portion of his works was in the Sanskrit language. Brahmagupta, mathematician of Ancient India, also known as Bhillamalacarya, is recognized for his contribution to Arithematics, Trigonometry (Sine Table and Interpolation formula), and solutions to general linear equation, Brahmagupta’s Theorem and Brahmagupta’s Formula. Brahmagupta couldn’t finish the utilization of 0 in calculations with respect to division; however, he offered calculations, for example, (1 + 0 = 1; 1 - 0 = 1; and 1 x 0 =0), for utilizing the digit 0. The reason why he is known as the best mathematician in the world is the discovery of negative numbers and their calculations. Further, the establishment of √10 (3.162277) by Brahmagupta gave new dimensions to trigonometry and geometry.
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John Archibald Wheeler Known for
Breit-Wheeler process
Wheeler-DeWitt equation
Popularizing the term "black hole"
Nuclear fission
Geometrodynamics
General relativity
Unified field theory
Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory
Wheeler's delayed choice experiment
One-electron universe
Geon
S-matrix
Quantum foam
Coining the term "neutron moderator"
Coining the term "superspace"
Coining the term "wormhole"
Lorentzian wormhole
"It from bit"
Participatory anthropic principle
Great Physicist! But as you can imagine it's very hard to consider everyone when there are only 10 spots. Nonetheless, I'll be making videos on individual mathematicians & physicists, so I'll definitely cover him in future videos.
Undoubtedly Newton as Einstein himself acknowledged we have reached where we are riding on his shoulders. Newton's theories and discoveries opened the doors for Einstein and others centuries earlier
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Well said 💯😊
Fair enough
Newton is Number 1 ! Respect Albert Einstein Also
Newton didn't studied physics by Einstein, Einstein studied Newtonian Physics.
Don't ever compare the best scientist to the best plagiarist.
@@Akrushta So ? What's point there
@@Anonimka338 I do not point out the *POINT*, imma pointing out your false justice.
@@Anonimka338 love Newton but Einstein is no.1
Enrico Fermi said: there are 3 types of Physicists, the ones who make some less important discoveries, the ones who make more important discoveries, than there are the geniuses like Galileo and Newton, so: Ettore Majorana was one of them
Ettore Majorana certainly is amongst the greats!
I would swap places between Dirac and Feynman. Much as I love Feynman and all that his ability to communicate has done for physics, Dirac is distinguished by his incredible originality of thought, probably beyond anyone else in the list. I'd certainly give honourable mentions to Hamilton, his contributions have provided such powerful tools to so many others, and Carnot, where would thermodynsmics be without him?
Swamping Dirac and Feynman, fair enough💯👍
Hamilton certainly deserved to be here too
Along with Carnot and the other thermodynamicists
Well said.Totally agree with you. Feynmann's contributions to physics are dwarved by Dirac's.
I would put Dirac before Einstein as he was a profound mathematician
Thanks for the quotes, too. They are great. My favorite is Heisenberg's about nnt only....but it is stranger than we can think.
You're very welcome my friend ☺️
Certainly a matter of personal opinion. Lorentz, Prandtl, Lagrange, Gauss, Hamilton, Jacobi, Euler, Schlichting etc are among the most influential physicists to me, mainly because of what I study and research. Prandtl and Schlichting for their contribution to modern understanding of boundary layers, giving rise to CFD. Lagrange, Hamilton, and Jacobi for their influence in calc of variation for classical mechanics. Lorentz for Lorentz transformation and other useful things.
They're primarily mathematicians.
@@Li.Siyuan Same could be said about some on the list here. Mathematical/Theoretical physicists could very well be considered mathematicians. They write like mathematicians in papers, so really there's not much of a difference.
@@Mr35diamonds I'm not sure that I agree, my friend. The people mentioned here are primarily physicists and not mathematicians, or, in the case of Newton, both. Physicists write in the language of mathematics to express their ideas in papers.
@@Li.Siyuan Clearly you don't understand. But I don't plan to argue further. I'm a mathematical physics student, a quick read of the structures of papers mathematical physicists write versus computational/experimental proves my point. Mathematical physicists write like mathematicians, they emphasise heavy rigour and prove everything in an abstract way, they even structure their papers like mathematicians, unlike computational or experimental.
Just look at Weinberg, Hawking, Penrose, Boltzmann in this list, compared to say, Mach, Bernoulli etc. The former write very much like mathematicians, using abstract mathematical relations applied to physics, and as such most maths dept have a mathematical physics research group. The latter are primarily experimental, and their papers demonstrate such, they use ,,mathematics to express their ideas" yes of course, but it's wholly different. You won't see ,,experimental physics" in a maths department research group, but you will most likely see ,,mathematical physics"
@@Mr35diamonds I, too, do not plan to argue further but please understand that I'm a retired particle physicist, so perhaps I do understand after all...
Astronomy, Alchemy > Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy....only SIR Isaac Newton (1st Scientist to be knighted) explored, excelled & creatively linked so many of these Sciences together in some form or another (excerpt from his famous quote here: "....whilst the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.').
Thus, he'll always be the 'GOAT' in my opinion.
That being said, the list is still quite impressive given it's a mix of major Physics sub-disciplines, allied fields of study & their creators, contributors & eventual masters e.g. Astrophysics & Cosmology /Atomic-Nuclear /Mathematical /Quantum /Theoretical....you guys see how fast things get intertwined & beautifully linked.
Likewise, the 'honorary mentions' include so many greats that their individual & collective (e.g. Curie's) stories & contributions makes for a very interesting historical perspective on the growth & development of the Subject.
For anyone interested or pursuing a course of study, I urge them to read their Biographies & then draw their own conclusions on what greatest /greatness really means.
For honorable mention, how about Chien-Shiung Wu? Was she of Hong Kong or China? A children's book says that she did the work behind two or three Nobel prizes, work in nuclear physics. She is in 2021 on a U.S. stamp.
Yes indeed she certainly can be in the "honorable mentions". Unfortunately, she didn't get her Nobel prize which she deserved
Yes Madam Wu... Parity non conservation in weak interaction
Einstein is my mentor. But It's insane what Newton did just with pen and paper and imagination ❤.
Well said 💯
Also Einstein did it with same way
Tesla thought Einstein was an idiot, but then Tesla like Faraday was not much of a mathematician.
did he really say that😂
The two that affect me the most are Lord Rayleigh and Christiaan Huygen for their discoveries that eventually led to understanding why ultrasonic NDT testing worked.
They're both great physicists.
I don't really care about the list. They're all brilliant! Thank you for posting this.
Thank You So Much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nikola Tesla, by far the best inventor and scientist ever, GOAT. I agree with the list, because he was more electrical technician and engineer then physicist.
Well said sir💯
He was a great man
A great engineer and inventor
But not a physicist
1-Newton 2- Maxwell 3_ Einstein
As Much as I like and respect Dr. Feyman I certainly would not put him ahead of any of the first five Physicists
I respect your opinion
1. Newton 2.Maxwell 3. Einstein
For most people that's the top 3 but the order is different for different people
@@RealLifeTop10s the general consensus seems to be with Newton, then it’s a coin toss between Einstein and Maxwell. Einstein had two pictures on his wall, at the Advanced Institute, Newton and Maxwell 😀
The top 2 is pretty fixed
Sir, my all time favourite physicist is Albert Einstein, due his gravitational equation G=8πT, which defeated Newton's gravity.
That's awesome 🙌🎉🔥
@@RealLifeTop10s this equation is also my favourite equation
Physics can either be experimental or theoretical
Yes Sir, you're right. Its an Honor to hear from you!!!
I would put Dmitry Mendeleev as # 1. The discoverer of the PERIODIC TABLE.
Because his discovery gave rise to many scientific fields: chemical physics, biophysics, nuclear physics, physical chemistry, biochemistry, modern medicine, etc.
Fair enough my friend
I made a video on the "top 10 greatest chemists". Mendeleev was there in it
Isaac Newton was a bit of a nutter, but he is the greatest physicist of them all
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Newton was allergic to nuts.
Wow what a great video. And the list of "Honourable Mentions" just first class, Well done. You could do a great video on each one.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
I will be making videos on individual mathematicians and physicists, so will definitely cover them.
Sir Isaac Newton is greatest physicist of all time.at the age between 23 to 24 he discovered,
Universal Theory of gravitation
Principles of motion
Invented backbone of physics called calculus
Many laws of optics . He is youngest physicist ever born on this planet.
@@gw5161 if one new theory never superseded old Theory then we never understand new phenomenon of universe and never have theory of everything.
@@gw5161 Newton is no.1 Einstein is no.2 and Maxwell is no.3 it is real listed . If Newton Einstein Maxwell and others scientist ever exist and if you aske them‘who is greatest physicist’ then they undoubtedly claim that Newton is greatest physicist of all time. 2 sorry 😊😅
@@gw5161 Princeton university press asked in Wired TH-cam channel to famous string theorist Dr michio kaku"who is your favourite physicist?”
dr.michio kaku replied“my favourite physicist is Isaac Newton.He developed one of the greatest theory of all time that Laws of Universal gravitation and invented calculus.No anyone beat him. Einstein is up there way so is Richard Feynman but Isaac Newton tops all them.
Sir Isaac Newton is greatest physicist of all time.
---- Walter lewin in his famous book 📚.
sir Isaac Newton is smartest person who ever face walked this earth and he is greatest physicist of all time.
--- famous astrophysicist Neil degrasses Tyson.
This guy's is who claim that Newton is greatest physicist. three times sorry 😂😊
@@gw5161 Newton never it get wrong 😘😂 bro .
@@gw5161 bro if old Theory never superseded by new theory then how to explain new phenomenon and we never have theory of everything.it is culture of development in physics.and every space agency use Newton law of gravity not einstein.newton theory only replace when there is high velocity compare to speed of light and strong gravity . Newton time is very poor for development in physics.although Newton alone had more contributed to science than any other individual in human history. And coming time Einstein theory is also superseded by another theory . The new phenomenon is already discovered which Einstein theory cannot explain like dark matter,dark energy,big bang , inside of black hole , singularity etc
The Golden Age of Theoretical Physics, with those who made it. Thanking you and all of them for opening our eyes and perception to the Principles governing physics.
They're all incredible individuals
I would put Stephen Hawking, Archimedes, Marie Curie and Kepler somewhere up there
Great Physicists! But as you can imagine it's very hard to consider everyone when there are only 10 spots. Nonetheless, I'll be making videos on individual mathematicians & physicists, so I'll definitely cover them in future videos.
Every one of these great physicist has maked the next step for next generation .
Yep 💯
I have to chime in with some of the others who would rank Newton as #1 with Einstein #2. Newton was a stronger mathematician than Einstein, therein is the difference between the two.
That's true 💯🔥
But Einstein had to venture into describing physical law that's far less comprehensible to human experience. If Newton had figured out the equivalence of mass and energy, there wouldn't even be a question here, but he didn't. But this is like comparing Bobby Orr to Wayne Gretzky. There's no possible way to end the argument.
Strange that the greatest physicist of antiquity, Archimedes, doesn't even rate an honorable mention. Discovering bouyancy alone should have qualified him, and yet he did so much more. Your list seems to imply that physics began with Galileo and Newton. Not true, not true.
Yeah, you're right! Archimedes definitely deserves a mention!
Physics began as a science with Galileo and Newton (and Descartes too). Before a scientific community formed itself in the XVIIth century, revolving around a consensual method, existed what was known as « natural philosophy » and engineering which used math to build technologies but not to explain the world and its functioning. Hence, Archimedes, as much of a genius as he was, wasn’t a physicist, but a mathematician and engineer
Not to mention that he invented calculus, kind of. Smart dude no matter what the title.
Glad someone floated the idea of Archimedes.
I miss Max Born, Enrico Fermi, Wolfgang Pauli and Weinberg under the top 10
All great names in physics💯🔥
And others also, but whom would you kick out of top 10 to make a slot for them.;-)
That's a difficult call but ig Schrödinger is one for Fermi
I don't understand how anyone could put Einstein over Newton. Newton had so many great accomplishments in both Mathematics and Physics it's almost embarrassing to name them all. Without Newton (and the Calculus he invented) there would be no Einstein. Newton is a level above Einstein (if not levels above him), IMO. There will almost certainly never be another person who will single-handedly contribute so much to Science as Isaac Newton. Almost every aspect of every field of Science benefited from his amazing insights. The same can't be said about Einstein's work.
Good point
As a physics student I really like all of them but especially I like sir Richard Feynman . because the way he spread his knowledge to all of us.and provide us knowledge that is incredible
Same🔥
Feynman was physics with a human face
Thanks. They did a lot of work for the better understanding of this world and our daily life.
Yep💯
Definitely missed Murray Gell-Mann, who conceived the quark theory (1964)...and was also the sole winner of the Nobel Prize in 1969.
Agreed🙌
but its hard to consider everyone when there are so many great physicists
I, too, like Sir Issac Newton for all his intelligence and that he believed in astrology and was not afraid to tell other scientists that he studied it and believed in it.
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I love the video but putting Einstein above Newton is criminal offense
I agree. They were both geniuses; however every modern scientist that has been asked this question (as far as I know) has always put Newton slightly ahead of Einstein. From a different perspecitve, one can also ask this question: who achieved more with less tools at hand? For example, tools such as mathematics. I would argue Newton did. In fact Newton needed to invent new mathematics to make his scientific breakthroughs.
Thank You So Much!!!
You've an excellent point there!
So true.
@@bcaldwell50 You don’t invent mathematics. You discover it! By the way, Einstein was a great thinker but I wouldn’t rate a physicist so high, whose two main theories didn’t have an absolute reference frame. That is a fatal error in understanding existence and the universe.
Einstein was and still is in a league of his own - he was a pure genius who understood and explained physics beyond scientific observation
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Well said
Ridiculous to leave out Lev Davidovich Landau among the honorary mentions. And what about Kelvin?
C. V. Raman??
It isn't easy to cover many names in a 15 min video
10. Michael Faraday (Law of Induction).
9. Archimedes (Laws of Buoyancy).
8. Erwin Shoridnger (Equation that measured the energyof electrons).
7. Werner Heisenberg( Atom Structure).
6. Niels Bohr (Unknown).
5. Richard Feynman (Quantum Electrodynamics).
4. Max Planck (Laws of Quantum Mechanics).
3. James Clerk Maxwell (Laws of Electrodynamics).
2. Albert Einstein (Relativity, as well as the Photoelectric Effect).
1. Isaac Newton (Laws of Motion, Gravity, and partially inventing Calculus).
Very interesting
That's a very solid top 10
Newton invented calculus to help his new branch of physics. What a legend
He is an Absolute Legend 💯🔥
Discovered, not "invent."
@@jondoh599 it's not existing notations . He made those notations. So he invented it
I noticed that most of these greatest greats lived long enough lives. Thank God 🙏🏻 and thank you, video creator for recalling these great souls that changed our lives for good.
You're very welcome ❤️❤️❤️
Don’t you think Feynman fell a little considering his theory of quantum electrodynamics was a revolutionary and he gave the Feynman path integrals and diagrams for decays and boson interactions which are better known as Feynman diagrams
ahh idk to be honest, where would you rank him on this list?
I mean sir Isaac newton was great but all his theories were proven wrong and approximated. Only calculus remains his work surviving
So newton -5
JcMaxwell-4
Feynman -3
Bohr-2
Einstein -1
Feynman mostly reformulate quantum mechanics. He did not discover new physics. Maybe QED.
@@thinkandsoar how to tell someone you haven't taken a qft class without telling them
Hands down, Sir Issac Newton is miles above everyone else, the rest are amazing but he is an alien😂
Fair enough 😂🤣💯
No one like Newton.
That great man was centuries ahead of his time🔥!
(infinite acelleration gives the brain the ability to grasp/fathom infinite space )
infinite acceleration of space as opening sequence of an infinite universe where planets are fed with stellar wind and stars and galaxies are fed fed with cosmic radiation - cosmic radiation origin through entropy
(infinite acceleration eliminates time --> time is inertia )
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My top 10 as a physics major: 10)Marie Curie 9)James Clerk Maxwell 8) Neils Bohr 7) Enrico Fermi 6)Paul Dirac 5)Richard Feynman 4)Michael Faraday 3)Albert Einstein 2)Galileo Galilei 1) Sir Isaac Newton
Maxwell's work although revolutionary for his time, was largely based on Michael Faraday intuition, so I would put the latter a bit higher up on the list. Galileo Galilei must be higher on the list, as a big amount of Newton's work, like the first law of motion, orbits is based on Galilei's work, who was the first proper physicist. Max Planck made great contributions but failed to see the implications of his observations due to his orthodox point view, therefore cannot be at the same level of other giants and making to the top 10. Some physicists, like Enrico Fermi and Marie Curie are in my opinion largely underrated, while others are, although still giants, a bit overrated.
@@richardromero6193 yeah Faraday is tremendously underrated. The reason why I put the others above is the huge impact their work had for the whole physics, in its entirety for centuries, especially as far as Newton and Galileo is concerned. But you could argue that Faraday had a similarly huge impact as far as electromagnetism, electric fields. I would say his work had been more impressive and revolutionary than the mathematical formalism introduced by Maxwell. For sure he is in the top GOAT
Very nice list indeed! Good Job!
I'm not an expert but I agree with you 90%. I would just replace great Marie Curie with greater Planck and I would extend the list to the honorary greatest one: Archimedes
You put Curie ABOVE Eintein??????
Certainty, Heisenberg should replace Curie on your list.
It's not about greatness quotient, it's more about process, progress and evolution. Respect for scientific temperament.
Ok
For me:1) Isaac Newton ;2)Nicolas Tesla;3) Galilée ;4)Henri Poincaré ;5)Paule Dirac;6)James Maxwell ;7)Max Planck;8) Einstein ;9)Niels Bohr;10) Kepler.
You've a top quality ranking there but honestly I won't put Einstein that low
@@RealLifeTop10s And Tesla not that high. Tesla was a genius at electrical engineering, but not as much on physics.
Top 3 Newton, Maxwell, Einstein.
I reckon you have placed Dirac too low.
He was the first person to relate Relativity and Quantum Mechanics, and set QM on a solid foundation that is still true today!
Fair enough
And your argument makes sense
So I guess switch Feynman and Dirac
Newtein
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Or even Newton.
Nice ranking! I would have added John Bell to the honorable mentions. Glad Boltzmann was mentioned. Einstein & Newton might be interchangeable, because the radical game-changing contributions are of similar weight, relative to the time they lived in. But yeah, can't argue with Einstein at #1.
Thank you so much 🙏
I really appreciate it 😊❤️
John Bell absolutely definitely deserves a mention
My personal favorite is Sir Paul Dirac. I remember hearing about an equation predicting the existence of antimatter and I was hooked on physics.
A very under appreciated physicist outside the science community
I first heard about him, while watching a documentary about Richard Feynman back in December 2016
@@RealLifeTop10s He really deserves a lot more recognition, he was quite prolific. Pioneering QFT, the so called most successful scientific theory, is simply amazing. Wonder why he could never agree with renormalization though 😅
Einstein predicted dark matter though I think.
I just watched your "Top Ten" on mathematics and then this. Very interesting and entertaining. Well done. Thank you. (I subscribed.) :-)
Thank You So Much😊😊!!!
I really appreciate it!
Newton starts running through gloomy jungle whereas Einstein jumps over pleasant road.
Can you please expand on your comment? I think I understand it, but I want to be sure.
@@anthonyjulianelle6695 i think they mean that Newton paved the way for Einstein's discoveries
Einstein was a reincarnation of newton
Einstein - as weird as it sounds - is often underestimated. Developing GR is one of the greatest scientfic achievments in history, but not is only work. His influence on the start quantum physics is enormous and the description of Brownian motion via statistical mechanics marks the beginning of biological phyiscs which will be huge in the next decades. Even when he was wrong his objections were fruitful (see EPR paradoxon). Him being #1 here is legitimate. To compare Newton and him is just really hard due to the difference in the circumstances of their work.
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I think it is interesting that you don't give Rayleigh or Gibbs and honorable mention. Gibbs work on many things was impressive and Rayleigh's contributions, especially the mathematical methods of theoretical physics were important.
Cavendish too
I included them in the other video on " Top 10 greatest chemists"
See 'Beyond Einstein Theories' including the 'Theory of Everything' at 7seals.blogspot.com . Only the Returned Christ & Albert Einstein reincarnated could produce that.
Einstein was once asked, "who the smartest man in the world was" (words to that effect). He replied, "Ask Nikola Tesla".
Now, Nikola Tesla thought that General Relativity was junk, so I think Einstein was being sarcastic.
Yeah 😂
Gallaeo and Newton are two first and not others as here. Because two laid foundation of physics
I respect your opinion
About half the top ten here I learned of watching the Big Bang Theory TV show, now you just taught me the rest.
You're welcome 🤗
Don't forget to mention those great physicists in thermodynamics: Carnot, Joule, Thomas, Clausius, Gibbs and Nernst etc...
You're absolutely right!
More so for greats in chemistry.
@@dyiu38 Yes, I ran across such parameters in obtaining my PhD in Chemical Physics (working out of two departments - chemistry and physics). Of course, as a physics professor, I'm not as excited about it as you seem to be!!!
With tears in my eyes I salute all of them for enlightening the path of mankind with their discoveries
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Well said
Of course Newton is no 1. He constructed the foundations upon which most of physics is built.
you're correct 💯🔥
It's very hard to pick between Newton and Einstein.
I went with Einstein as we really can't explain anything in the universe without general relativity
Well done samu .. great work keep it up putha 👍
Thank you Iroshini punchi