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The 10 greatest predictions in physics

19 Jan 2021
Taken from the January 2021 issue of Physics World.

Over the centuries there have been many theoretical physics predictions that have rocked our understanding of how the world works. David Appell highlights what he thinks are the top 10 of all time

Photos of Isaac Newton, Siméon-Denis Poisson, James Clerk Maxwell, Albert Einstein, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Julian Schwinger, Fred Hoyle, Chen-Ning Yang, Tsung-Dao Lee, Brian Josephson, Vera Rubin and W Kent Ford Jr
Faces behind the theories Top row: Isaac Newton, Siméon-Denis Poisson, James Clerk Maxwell, Albert Einstein, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Julian Schwinger. Bottom row: Fred Hoyle, Chen-Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, Brian Josephson, Vera Rubin, W Kent Ford Jr. (Image sources, top row: Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723); François-Séraphin Delpech (1778–1825); AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Brittle Books Collection; Ferdinand Schmutzer, 1921; DoE; AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection. Bottom row: Martyn Goddard/Shutterstock; NYPL/Science Source/Science Photo Library; CC BY SA Cavendish Laboratory/Kelvin Fagan; The Washington Times/Shutterstock; AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, John Irwin Slide Collection)
Theoretical physicists stare at blackboards, do calculations and make predictions. Experimental phys

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David Appell is a freelance science writer living in Oregon, US, davidappell.com
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