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Images from the collections

Images about Physicists

16 images from works
  • M0018822: Bust of Felice Fontana (1730-1805)
  • Samuel Sambursky. Photograph by Alfred Bernheim.
  • M0019331: Portrait of Sir William Crookes (1832-1919)
  • 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.
  • M0015714: Portrait of William Deane Butcher (1846-1919)
  • 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.
  • M0014853: Portrait of Jacques Arsene D'Arsonval (1851-1940)
  • M0015154: Portrait of Edouard Branly (1844-1940)
  • M0018048: Portrait of Joseph Jackson Lister (1786-1869)
  • 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.

Works from the collections

264 works

    • Books

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

    | Date: [2008], ©2008
    • Books

    André-Marie Ampère / James R. Hofmann.

    Hofmann, James R. | Date: 1996
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0004624: Portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934)

    | Date: 5 May 1936 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/37/31
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Books

    Genius : Richard Feynman and modern physics / James Gleick.

    Gleick, James. | Date: 1992
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

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

    | Date: 19 July 1929 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/3/18
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Related topics

Physics
United Kingdom
United States
Women chemists
Germany
History, 20th Century
France
Italy
History, 19th Century
Physicians

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