- Bacon, Galileo - experiment foundation of science
- Newton's deterministic formulation - invention of calculus
- Oersted & Ampere - current affects a compass needle
- Faraday - electric and magnetic fields, induction, dynamo
- Maxwell's Unification of E&M & Optics
"There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now, All that remains is more and more precise measurement."
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