2. (Biol.) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- opposed to vitalist. [ 1913 Webster ]
[马赫 / 馬赫, Mǎ hè, ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄜˋ]Mach (name); Ernst Mach (1838-1916), German physicist; Mach (aeronautics), unit of speed based on speed of sound = 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr#16633[Add to Longdo]
[霍金, Huò jīn, ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄣ]Hawkins or Hawking; Stephen Hawking (1942-), British physicist and author of A Brief History of Time 時間簡史|时间简史#32648[Add to Longdo]
[钱学森 / 錢学森, Qián Xué sēn, ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄙㄣ]Tsien Hsue-shen or Qian Xuesen (1911-), US trained Chinese physicist and rocket scientist, returned to PRC in 1955 as leader of rocket and nuclear projects#39504[Add to Longdo]
[赫兹 / 赫茲, Hè zī, ㄏㄜˋ ㄗ]Hertz (name); Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894), German physicist and meteorologist, pioneer of electromagnetic radiation; Herz (Hz) or cycles per second, unit of frequency#53376[Add to Longdo]
[李建成, Lǐ Jiàn chéng, ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ]Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变; Professor Li Jiancheng (1993-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy#58543[Add to Longdo]
[麦克斯韦 / 麥克斯韋, Mài kè sī wéi, ㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ ㄨㄟˊ]Maxwell (name); James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves#85183[Add to Longdo]
[法拉第, Fǎ lā dì, ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄚ ㄉㄧˋ]Faraday (name); Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity#85715[Add to Longdo]
[魏格纳 / 魏格納, Wèi gé nà, ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄋㄚˋ]Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of continental drift#158682[Add to Longdo]
[韦格纳 / 韋格納, Wéi gé nà, ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄋㄚˋ]Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of continental drift; also written 魏格納|魏格纳#243464[Add to Longdo]
[里克特, Lǐ kè tè, ㄌㄧˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄊㄜˋ]Richter (name); Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985), US physicist and seismologist, after whom the Richter scale is named#254356[Add to Longdo]
[阿普尔顿 / 阿普爾頓, Ā pǔ ěr dùn, ㄚ ㄆㄨˇ ㄦˇ ㄉㄨㄣˋ]Appleton (name); Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965), British physicist, Nobel laureate who discovered the ionosphere#319182[Add to Longdo]
[希沃特, Xī wò tè, ㄒㄧ ㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄜˋ]Sievert (Sv), unit of radiation damage used in radiotherapy; Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896-1966), Swedish physicist[Add to Longdo]