Penemuan & Penemu dalam Fisika
Tabel berikut menggambarkan penemuan utama dan penemunya dalam penggunaan fisika -
| Penemuan | Penemu |
|---|---|
| Skala Celcius | Anders Celsius |
| Menonton | Peter Henlein |
| Radio | Guglielmo Marconi |
| Telepon | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Listrik | Benjamin Franklin |
| Bola Lampu Listrik | Thomas Edison |
| Termometer | Galileo Galilei |
| Teleskop | Hans Lippershey dan Zacharias Janssen; kemudian Galileo |
| Telegrap | Samuel Morse |
| Sinar Kosmik | Victor Hess (tetapi istilah 'sinar kosmik' pertama kali digunakan oleh Robert Millikan |
| Mobil | Karl Benz |
| Pita Magnetik | Fritz Pfleumer |
| Transformator | Michael Faraday (kemudian Ottó Titusz Bláthy) |
| Induksi Elektromagnetik | Michael Faraday |
| Mekanika kuantum | Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, dan Pascual Jordan |
| Mekanika gelombang | Erwin Schrödinger |
| Reaktor nuklir | Enrico Fermi |
| Sel Bahan Bakar | William Grove |
| Pesawat terbang | Wright Brothers |
| Barometer | Evangelista Torricelli |
| Kamera | Nicéphore Niépce |
| Mesin diesel | Rudolf Diesel |
| Helikopter | Igor Sikorsky |
| Dinamit | Alfred Nobel |
| Mengangkat | Elisha Otis |
| Printer laser | Gary Starkweather |
| Telepon genggam | Martin Cooper |
| Mesin cetak | Johannes Gutenberg |
| Video game | Ralph Baer |
| Mesin uap | Thomas Newcomen |
| Mesin Kereta Api | George Stephenson |
| Mesin jet | Frank Whittle |
| Seismograf | John Milne |
| Generator Listrik | Michael Faraday |
| Televisi | John Logie Baird |
| Kulkas | William Cullen (kemudian Oliver Evans) |
| Karburator | Luigi De Cristoforis & Enrico Bernardi |
| Rem angin | George Westinghouse |
| Bom atom | Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller dkk |
| Pendingin ruangan | Willis Carrier |
| Senapan mesin | Sir Hiram Maxim |
| Radar | Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt |
| Kapal selam | Cornelius Drebbel (kemudian) David Bushnell |
| Kapal selam militer pertama | Yefim Nikonov |
| Transistor | John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, dan William Shockley |
| Galvanometer | Johann Schweigger |
| Laser | Theodore H. Maiman (pertama kali didemonstrasikan) |
| Lampu neon | Georges Claude |
| Mesin Roket | Robert Goddard |
| Mesin tik | Christopher Latham Sholes |