Scholarpedia:Authors
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Authors of Scholarpedia are the most prominent authorities in their respective fields, typically the original inventors and discoverers, or winners of prestigious awards. Among them are the following legendary experts.
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Nobel Laureates
- Leon Cooper contributes BCM Rule and Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory
- Gerald Edelman contributes Neural Darwinism
- Albert Fert contributes Giant magnetoresistance
- Riccardo Giacconi contributes Cosmic X-ray Sources
- Donald A. Glaser contributes Bubble Chamber
- Clive Granger wrote the history part and reviewed Granger Causality
- Daniel Kahneman contributes Decision theory
- Paul C. Lauterbur contributes MRI
- John C. Mather contributes Cosmic Background Explorer
- Ben Mottelson contributes Shape deformations in atomic nuclei
- Roger Myerson contributes Mechanism design
- Rita Levi-Montalcini contributes Nerve Growth Factor (Rita is the oldest living Nobel Laureate - she is 101)
- Kary B. Mullis contributes PCR
- Yoichiro Nambu contributes Nambu-Goldstone boson and Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model
- Erwin Neher contributes Patch Clamp
- Myron S. Scholes contributes Black-Scholes Formula
- Gerard 't Hooft contributes Gauge Theories
- Charles Townes contributes Laser
- Frank Wilczek contributes Asymptotic freedom
Fields Medalists
- John Milnor contributed Attractor
- Steve Smale contributed Smale Horseshoe
- Terence Tao contributed Szemerédi's Theorem
- Shing-Tung Yau contributed Calabi-Yau manifold
Notables
- Daniel S. Goldin served as NASA administrator/director (1992-2001).
- Leslie Lamport created LaTeX environment for math typesetting.
- Lawrence Lessig founded the Creative Commons open access movement.
- Richard Stallman started the GNU free software movement.
Eponymous (named after the discoverer/author/inventor) articles
- Ablowitz-Ladik equation by Mark Ablowitz
- Adler sum rule by Stephen Adler
- Adler-Bell-Jackiw anomaly by Roman W. Jackiw
- Anosov Diffeomorphisms by Dmitri Anosov
- Arnowitt-Deser-Misner formalism by Stanley Deser
- Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy by Stanley Deser
- Ashtekar variables by Abhay Ashtekar
- Barkley Model by Dwight Barkley
- Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin symmetry by Carlo Maria Becchi
- Beeler-Reuter model by Harald Reuter
- Bekenstein bound and Bekenstein-Hawking entropy by Jacob Bekenstein
- Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction by Anatol M. Zhabotinsky
- Bethe-Salpeter equation: origins by Edwin E. Salpeter
- Buchberger's algorithm by Bruno Buchberger
- Calabi-Yau manifold by Shing-Tung Yau
- Caldeira-Leggett model by Amir Caldeira
- Calogero-Moser system by Francesco Calogero
- Cappelli-Itzykson-Zuber A-D-E Classification by A.Cappelli and J.-B. Zuber
- Chirikov standard map by Boris Chirikov and Dima Shepelyansky
- Chua Circuit by Leon Chua
- Coleman-Mandula theorem by Jeffrey E. Mandula
- Coleman-Weinberg mechanism by E.J. Weinberg
- Cramér-Rao bound by Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
- Degasperis-Procesi equation by Antonio Degasperis
- Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi equation by Guido Altarelli
- Dyson sphere by Freeman Dyson
- Elman network by Jeffrey L. Elman
- Englert-Brout-Higgs-Guralnik-Hagen-Kibble mechanism by Thomas W B Kibble
- Ermentrout-Kopell Canonical Model by G. Bard Ermentrout
- Evans Function by John W. Evans
- Faddeev-Popov ghosts by Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev
- Fano inequality by Bob Fano (Bob is 90)
- FitzHugh-Nagumo Model by Richard FitzHugh
- Froissart bound by Marcel Froissart
- Gierer-Meinhardt Model by Hans Meinhardt
- Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state by Anton Zeilinger
- Golomb ruler by Solomon W. Golomb
- Goodenough-Kanamori rule by John B. Goodenough
- Haken-Kelso-Bunz Model by Scott Kelso
- Harish-Chandra-Itzykson-Zuber integral by Jean-Bernard Zuber
- Hilbert-Huang Transform by Norden E. Huang
- Hindmarsh-Rose Model by James L Hindmarsh
- Hoare logic by Anthony R. Hoare
- Hopfield Network by John J. Hopfield
- Ito Calculus by Kiyoshi Ito
- Jakobson Theorem by Michael Jakobson
- Kerr metric and Kerr-Schild metric by Roy Kerr
- Kohonen Network by Teuvo Kohonen
- Kolmogorov-Sinai Entropy by Yakov Sinai
- Kondo effect by Jun Kondo
- Konishi anomaly by Kenichi Konishi
- Kuramoto Model and Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation by Yoshiki Kuramoto
- Landshoff-Nachtmann model by Peter Landshoff
- Lieb-Liniger model of a Bose Gas by Elliott Lieb
- Lebowitz inequalities by Joel L. Lebowitz
- Lin's method by Xiao-Biao Lin
- Lipinski's rule of five by Christopher Lipinski
- Lozi Map by René Lozi
- Luce's choice axiom by Duncan Luce
- Luo-Rudy models by Ching-Hsing Luo
- Mackey-Glass equation by Leo Glass
- Maldacena duality by Juan M. Maldacena
- Mandelbrot Set by Benoit Mandelbrot
- Matiyasevich theorem by Yuri Matiyasevich
- Mermin-Wagner theorem by H. Wagner
- Misner space by Charles W. Misner
- Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect by A. Smirnov
- Morris-Lecar Model by Harold Lecar
- Morris water maze by Richard Morris
- Nambu-Goldstone boson by Yoichiro Nambu
- Nambu-Jona-Lasinio modelby Giovanni Jona-Lasinio and Yoichiro Nambu
- Neimark-Sacker Bifurcation by Robert J. Sacker
- Nelder-Mead Algorithm by John Nelder
- Newhouse Phenomenon by Sheldon Newhouse
- Newman-Penrose formalism by Ezra (Ted) Newman and Roger Penrose
- Noble Model by Denis Noble
- Oja Learning Rule by Erkki Oja
- Ornstein Theorem by Donald Ornstein
- Oseledets Theorem by Valery Oseledets
- Osterwalder-Schrader axioms by Konrad Osterwalder
- Parker wind by Eugene N. Parker
- Pearce-Hall Theory by Geoffrey Hall
- Petersen Diagram by Jørgen Otzen Petersen
- Petri net by Carl Adam Petri
- Pinsky-Rinzel Model by John Rinzel
- Plant Model by Richard E. Plant
- Plykin Attractor by Romen V.Plykin
- Rall Model by Wilfrid Rall
- Rao-Blackwell theorem by Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
- Rescorla-Wagner Model by Robert Rescorla
- Rossler Attractor by Otto Rossler
- Ruijsenaars-Schneider model by Simon Ruijsenaars
- Sharkovsky Ordering by Aleksandr Sharkovsky
- Shifman-Vainshtein-Zakharov sum rule by Mikhail Shifman
- Shilnikov Bifurcation by Leonid Shilnikov
- Shoshitaishvili Theorem by Alexander Shoshitaishvili
- Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen Measure by Yakov Sinai
- Slavnov-Taylor identities by Andrei A. Slavnov
- Smale Horseshoe by Steve Smale
- Tully-Fisher Relation by Richard Brent Tully
- Ueda Attractor by Yoshisuke Ueda
- Veneziano amplitude by Gabriele Veneziano
- Viterbi algorithm by Andrew J. Viterbi
- Widrow-Hoff Learning Rule by Bernard Widrow
- Wilson-Cowan Model by Jack Cowan
- Wirth syntax notation by Niklaus Wirth
- Zaslavsky Map by George Zaslavsky
- Zinn-Justin equation by Jean Zinn-Justin
Original Discoverers/Inventors
(in addition to those mentioned above)
Biology
- Moshe Abeles created the notion of Synfire Chains
- Anthony T. Barker invented Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Horace Basil Barlow discovered Lateral Inhibition and created the notion of Grandmother Cell
- Peter J. Basser created Diffusion Tensor Imaging
- Tim Bliss discovered LTP
- Lawrence B. Cohen invented Voltage-Sensitive Dye
- Graham L. Collingridge discovered NMDA
- Winfried Denk invented Two-photon microscopy
- Niles Eldredge invented the notion of Punctuated Equilibrium
- Robert Galambos discovered Sonars in bats (Robert is 97 years old)
- Franz Halberg coined the word Circadian
- Michel Jouvet discovered REM Sleep
- Paul C. Lauterbur invented MRI
- Humberto Maturana invented the notion of Autopoiesis
- Brenda Milner studied the HM Patient
- Vernon Mountcastle discovered Cortical Columns
- Erwin Neher invented Patch Clamp
- Seiji Ogawa invented fMRI
- Thomas Reese and John Heuser discovered Synaptic vesicles
- Giacomo Rizzolatti discovered Mirror Neurons
- Eugene Roberts discovered GABA in the brain
- Gordon M. Shepherd discovered Dendro-Dendritic Synapses (with Wil Rall)
- Ichiji Tasaki discovered Saltatory Conduction in 1940s
- Endel Tulving coined the word Episodic memory
- Case Vanderwolf discovered Theta rhythm in hippocampus
- Larry Weiskrantz discovered Blindsight
Mathematics
- Neil Fenichel created the theory of Normal Hyperbolicity
- Edward Lorenz discovered Chaos and Butterfly Effect
- Benoit Mandelbrot invented the notion of Fractals
- Maurício Matos Peixoto created the notion of Structural Stability
- Jim Yorke coined the term Chaos
- Norman J. Zabusky invented the term Soliton
Physics
- Donald A. Glaser invented the Bubble Chamber
- Herman Haken created Synergetics
- Charles Townes invented Lasers
- William G. Unruh discovered Unruh effect
Engineering/Computer Science
- Andrew G. Barto created Temporal Difference Learning theory
- Irving Biederman created the theory of Recognition by Components
- Leonardo Chiariglione created the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
- Leon Chua coined the world Memristor
- John M. Cioffi invented DSL
- Alain Colmerauer created PROLOG
- John H. Conway invented Game of Life
- Ward Cunningham invented Wiki
- Marco Dorigo invented Ant Colony Optimization
- Kunihiko Fukushima created Neocognitron
- Lajos Hanzo contributed GSM
- Geoffrey E. Hinton invented Boltzmann Machine
- John H. Holland invented Genetic Algorithms
- Dervis Karaboga invented Artificial bee colony algorithm
- Richard M. Karp developed the theory of NP Completeness
- Alan Kay created SMALLTALK
- Scott Kirkpatrick invented Simulated Annealing
- Thomas K Landauer created the Latent Semantic Analysis approach
- James L. McClelland created the Connectionist Models approach
- Marvin Minsky worked on Perceptrons in 1950s
- Lawrence Saul created the Locally Linear Embedding approach
- Jerry Swartz invented Barcodes and Laser scanning
- Bjarne Stroustrup invented C++
- Mads Tofte created Standard ML language
- Andrew J. Viterbi invented the Viterbi Algorithm
- Chris Watkins invented Q-Learning
- Jack Wolf invented Slepian-Wolf coding
- Lotfi Zadeh created Fuzzy Logic
Cognitive Science
- John Searle came up with the Chinese room argument
