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M0001321: Portrait of Joseph Black (1728-1799), Scottish physicist and chemist. Original stipple engraving by J. (James) Posselwhite (1798-1884)

Samuel Sambursky. Photograph by Alfred Bernheim.

M0006417: Portrait of Johann Peter Frank (1745-1821)

A man brings his young wife to a natural philosopher's establishment so that she may receive electric stimulation. Lithograph by C. Motte after J. Madou.

Unveiling of the statue of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, attended by a large crowd, Glasgow, 8th October 1913; Glasgow University in the background. Photograph, 1913.

A canon at Cuzco, Peru, in his study, studying natural sciences while his adopted children fight. Wood engraving by Picard after E. Riou.

Einstein for the 21st century : his legacy in science, art, and modern culture / Peter L. Galison, Gerald Holton, and Silvan S. Schweber, editors.

André-Marie Ampère / James R. Hofmann.

M0004624: Portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934)

Genius : Richard Feynman and modern physics / James Gleick.

M0000145: Portrait of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), mathematician and physicist

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Einstein for the 21st century : his legacy in science, art, and modern culture / Peter L. Galison, Gerald Holton, and Silvan S. Schweber, editors.

André-Marie Ampère / James R. Hofmann.

M0004624: Portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934)

Genius : Richard Feynman and modern physics / James Gleick.

M0000145: Portrait of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), mathematician and physicist