https://www.physlab-wiki.com/ 2026-05-10T16:52:50+00:00 https://www.physlab-wiki.com/ https://www.physlab-wiki.com/lib/tpl/UChicago/images/favicon.ico text/html 2025-10-31T11:40:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/supplemental-material/cool_people_who_did_cool_things/alice-armstrong?rev=1761925246&do=diff <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Armstrong> text/html 2026-04-17T09:48:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/supplemental-material/cool_people_who_did_cool_things/bibha_chowdhuri?rev=1776433723&do=diff <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibha_Chowdhuri> Indian physicist, she and her husband first observed mesons as particle showers from cosmic rays. text/html 2025-10-31T11:39:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/supplemental-material/cool_people_who_did_cool_things/elda-emma-anderson?rev=1761925151&do=diff <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elda_Emma_Anderson> text/html 2026-04-22T12:47:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/supplemental-material/cool_people_who_did_cool_things/geertrudia_de_hass-lorentz?rev=1776876425&do=diff Dutch Daughter of Hendrick Lorentz (yes, that Lorentz). Pioneer of electrical noise theory, thesis was on treating electrons as Brownian particles, awarded in 1912. Went on to teach physics at the Technical University of Delft. Derived a formula for the distances magnetic fields penetrate superconductors ten years before it was explained by the London brothers (and given text/html 2026-04-16T18:30:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/supplemental-material/cool_people_who_did_cool_things/jagadish_chandra_bose?rev=1776378626&do=diff <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagadish_Chandra_Bose> Indian scientist, contributed to microwave optics and botany somehow. Also a pioneer in semiconductors as sensors. Also, you can use jute fibers as a microwave polarizer. Neat! text/html 2026-04-15T11:02:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/supplemental-material/cool_people_who_did_cool_things/lise-meitner?rev=1776265362&do=diff Instrumental in discovering nuclear fission, but did not get to share the Nobel prize for it. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner> text/html 2026-04-17T09:54:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/supplemental-material/cool_people_who_did_cool_things/meghnad_saha?rev=1776434080&do=diff <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghnad_Saha> Indian astrophysicist. His work on ionization is fundamental in how starts are classified nowadays. text/html 2025-10-31T11:44:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/supplemental-material/cool_people_who_did_cool_things/nina-byers?rev=1761925485&do=diff <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Byers> text/html 2026-04-17T09:52:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/supplemental-material/cool_people_who_did_cool_things/satyendra_nath_bose?rev=1776433931&do=diff <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendra_Nath_Bose> Indian physicist, he put the Bose in Bose-Einstein condensate. Also Dirac named Bosons after him. Foundational work in statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics. Nominated for (but didn't get) an Nobel prize. text/html 2025-10-31T11:09:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/supplemental-material/cool_people_who_did_cool_things/start?rev=1761923361&do=diff Lesser known scientists cool_people_who_did_cool_things index text/html 2025-10-31T11:42:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physlab-wiki.com/phylabs/lab_courses/supplemental-material/cool_people_who_did_cool_things/tina-asatiani?rev=1761925356&do=diff <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Asatiani>