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Theoretical Physics Stock Photos

Browse 842 theoretical physics photos and images available, or search for blackboard to find more great photos and pictures.

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Conceptual image of superstrings

Ideas, Physics, String

conceptual image of superstrings - theoretical physics stock illustrations

Conceptual image of superstrings

Ideas, String, Gravitational Field

Norwegian physical chemist Thomas W Ebbesen, German physicist, director of the Max Plank Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Stefan W Hell and Chair...

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An infographic titled "2025 Nobel Prize in Physics" created in Ankara, Turkiye on October 7, 2025. John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M....

2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

Alberto Ramos , Theoretical Physics Fellow and visitor, Antonio Gonzalez-Arroyo from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid talk and make notes on the...

Behind The Scenes At CERN The European Organisation For Nuclear Research

Physics, Particle

Photogravure after a photograph by Rudolf Duhrkoop of Max Planck . Born in Kiel, Germany, Planck studied at Munich and Berlin Universities, later...

Max Planck, German physicist, c 1910.

Physics, Germany

Medal for the Nobel Prize for Physics, awarded to British physicist Joseph John Thomson in 1906. The design shows the muses of nature and science and...

Nobel Prize for Physics, 1906.

Nobel Prize, Medal, Physics

Photograph taken during a Bohr Einstein debate, a series of public disputes about quantum mechanics between Albert Einstein German-born theoretical...

A Bohr Einstein debate.

Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, Arguing

British theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking in his office at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the...

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

Photograph taken during a BohrEinstein debate, a series of public disputes about quantum mechanics between Albert Einstein German-born theoretical...

A BohrEinstein debate.

Niels Bohr, Quantum Physics

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Superstrings, conceptual artwork

Ideas, String, Physics

Teller immigrated to the United States in the 1930s, and was an early member of the Manhattan Project charged with developing the first atomic bombs....

USA / Hungary: Edward Teller (January 15, 1908 Ð September 9, 2003), Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist known colloquially as 'the father of the hydrogen bomb'. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1958

The Italian theoretical physicist Giorgio Parisi at the La Sapienza University of Rome Giorgio Parisi won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 together...

Rome Giorgio Parisi, Nobel Prize in Physics

Physics, Nobel Prize

The scientists test the theoretical model of quantum decoherence caused by gravitational field on 19th September, 2019 in Ali,Tibet,China.

The scientists test the theoretical model of quantum decoherence caused by gravitational field in Ali,Tibet,China on 19th September, 2019

Quantum, Gravitational Field

Portrait of British-born American theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey,...

Portrait Of Freeman Dyson

Physics, Scientist

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Waterloo Theoretical Physics Institute

Albert Einstein , a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics .

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), a German-born theoretical physicist

Wax sculptures of Charles Darwin, , an English naturalist and geologist with Albert Einstein , a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the...

Wax sculptures (waxworks) of Charles Darwin, (1809 - 1882), an English naturalist and geologist with Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), a German-born theoretical physicist

E=mc2, Waxwork, Albert Einstein

Wax sculpture of Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, Einstein, , was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of...

Wax sculpture (waxwork) of Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein, Einstein, (1879 - 1955), was a German-born theoretical physicist

Wax sculpture of Albert Einstein , a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of...

Wax sculpture (waxwork) of Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), a German-born theoretical physicist

Albert Einstein German theoretical physicist with Robert Oppenheimer , American theoretical physicist. 1947.

Albert Einstein with Robert Oppenheimer.

J. Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, Colour Image

Bruno Mansoulie, engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique and holding a postgraduate degree in theoretical physics and a State Doctorate in Physics,...

Festival Of Astronomy In Fleurance

Professor Stephen Hawking poses after the unveiling of his statue at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, at Cambridge University, in Cambridge,...

Professor Stephen Hawking poses after the unveiling of his s

Stephen Hawking

Professor Stephen Hawking poses after the unveiling of his statue at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, at Cambridge University, in Cambridge,...

Professor Stephen Hawking poses after the unveiling of his s

Professor Stephen Hawking poses after the unveiling of his statue at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, at Cambridge University, in Cambridge,...

Professor Stephen Hawking poses after the unveiling of his s

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, 23 April 1858 - 4 October 1947, was a German theoretical physicist whose work on quantum theory won him the Nobel Prize...

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck

Professor Albert Einstein smokes a pipe on June 02 in his home at Princeton University. Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. He is best...

Professor Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein, 1879 – 1955. German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity. From Master Minds of Modern Science,...

Albert Einstein, 1879 – 1955

E=mc2, Portrait, General - Military Rank

the creation of the universe by a big bang. - theoretical physics stock illustrations

The Creation Of The Universe By A Big Bang.

the creation of the universe by a big bang. - theoretical physics stock illustrations

The Creation Of The Universe By A Big Bang.

Big Bang, Outer Space, Growth

2 black holes merging to form a supermassive black hole - theoretical physics stock illustrations

2 Black Holes Merging To Form A Supermassive Black Hole

Engraving by C H Jeens of James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879. Maxwell was one of the world�s greatest theoretical physicists. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland...

James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, c 1870s.

Photogravure after a painting of James Clerk Maxwell , one of the world�s greatest theoretical physicists. Maxwell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland...

James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, c 1870s.

James Clerk Maxwell

Etching by A Delzers. James Clerk Maxwell was one of the greatest theoretical physicists the world has ever known. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland...

James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, c 1870s.

Engraving by Delafosse after L C DeCarmontel. Clairault was a child prodigy who understood differential and integral calculus and analytical geometry...

Alexis Claude Clairault (or Clairaut), French mathematician, 1763.

Pencil drawing by M C Rosenbauer, signed by both the artist and Einstein. Albert Einstein , was a theoretical physicist who made fundamental...

Albert Einstein, German mathematical physicist, 1929.

Portrait, Quantum Physics

James Clerk Maxwell , one of the world�s greatest theoretical physicists was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and studied mathematics at Trinity College,...

James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, c 1870.

Cartoon by Low of Albert Einstein , theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to physics. His Special Relativity Theory posits that...

Albert Einstein, German mathematical physicist, 1933.

Albert Einstein

Etching. Hendrik Antoon Lorentz was born in Arnhem, Holland and attended the University of Leyden, where he received a doctorate in physics in 1875....

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Dutch mathematical physicist, c 1910s.

Medal for the Nobel Prize for Physics, awarded to British physicist Joseph John Thomson in 1906. The design shows a relief profile of Alfred Nobel,...

Nobel Prize for Physics, 1906.

Nobel Prize, Alfred Nobel, Medal

Photograph showing an interior view of the lecture theatre in the Theoretical Physics Institute of the University of Leipzig, Germany. Plate from...

Lecture theatre, University of Leipzig, Germany, 1909.

James Clerk Maxwell , one of the world�s greatest theoretical physicists was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and studied mathematics at Trinity College,...

James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, c 1850s.

Edinburgh - Scotland

James Clerk Maxwell was one of the greatest theoretical physicists the world has ever known. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and studied...

Title page to A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by J C Maxwell, 1873.

James Clerk Maxwell , one of the world�s greatest theoretical physicists was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and studied mathematics at Trinity College,...

James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist, c 1860s.

Professor Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist, c.1935. Professor Douglas Hartree was professor of applied mathematics and...

Professor Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist, c.1935.

Erwin Schrodinger founded wave mechanics, creating Schrodinger's equation. Louis-Victor Pierre-Raymond de Broglie had discovered the wave nature of...

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, 1956.

Erwin Schrödinger, Nobel Prize, Medal

Erwin Schrodinger at breakfast with his wife in a Vienna hotel. Schrodinger Austrian founded wave mechanics, creating Schrodinger's equation....

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, and his wife having breakfast, 1956.

Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrodinger with wife after a meeting. Schrodinger founded wave mechanics, creating Schrodinger's equation. Louis-Victor Pierre-Raymond de...

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, and his wife, 1956.

Erwin Schrodinger is shown here delivering an inaugural lecture at the University of Vienna as Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics. Schrodinger...

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, delivering a lecture, 1956.

Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrodinger with his pipe, in the study. Schrodinger founded wave mechanics, creating Schrodinger's equation. Louis-Victor Pierre-Raymond de...

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, 1956.

Erwin Schrödinger, Paul Dirac

Erwin Schrodinger , photographed as an Army volunteer. Schrodinger founded wave mechanics, creating Schrodinger's equation. Louis-Victor...

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, 1911.

Erwin Schrödinger

Photograph of Erwin Schrodinger as a school boy. Austrian physicist who founded wave mechanics, creating Schrodinger's equation. Louis-Victor...

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, as a school boy, c 1900.

Erwin Schrödinger, Paul Dirac

Ink drawing by Sean Keating of Erwin Schrodinger . Schrodinger founded wave mechanics, creating Schrodinger's equation. Louis-Victor Pierre-Raymond...

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, c 1956.

Erwin Schrodinger founded wave mechanics, creating Schrodinger's equation. Louis-Victor Pierre- Raymond de Broglie had discovered the wave nature of...

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, with three colleagues, c 1950-1959.

Erwin Schrödinger, Paul Dirac, Physicist

Erwin Schrodinger founded wave mechanics, creating Schrodinger's equation. Louis-Victor Pierre- Raymond de Broglie had discovered the wave nature of...

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, lecturing at the blackboard, c 1950.

Erwin Schrödinger, Paul Dirac

Erwin Schrodinger as a boy with his Aunt Erwina and his parents. Schrodinger founded wave mechanics, creating Schrodinger's equation. Louis-Victor...

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, as a boy, c 1902.

Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrodinger founded wave mechanics, creating Schrodinger's equation. Louis-Victor Pierre-Raymond de Broglie had discovered the wave nature of...

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, 1933.

Erwin Schrödinger

Albert Einstein , the German-Swiss-American theoretical physicist, with Commander Oliver Locker-Lempson MP and a young woman. Einstein�s major...

Albert Einstein, German mathematical physicist, 1933.

Albert Einstein, E=mc2, Portrait

Bronze bust by Jacob Epstein, on low plinth, of Albert Einstein , the German-Swiss-American theoretical physicist whose major contribution was the...

Albert Einstein, German mathematical physicist, 1933.

Front view of bronze bust by Jacob Epstein, on low plinth, of Albert Einstein , the German-Swiss-American theoretical physicist whose major...

Albert Einstein, German mathematical physicist, 1933.

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