William Gilbert

Also known as William Gylberde, William Gilbert of Colchester, William Gilberd

English physician, physicist and natural philosopher (1544-1603)

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William Gilbert was an English physician and scientist from the 1500s who studied how the physical world works. He is remembered as an important early modern thinker who helped establish the experimental approach to understanding nature that became central to science.

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: England
Active from: 1836-11-18
Active to: 1911-05-29

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VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,686x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,972x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,041x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,753x
Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,541x

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Commons category: William Gilbert (physicist)
date of death: 1603-12-10
date of birth: 1544-05-24
Commons Creator page: William Gilbert
name in native language: William Gilbert

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William Gilbert (/ˈɡɪlbərt/; 24 May 1544? – 30 November 1603), also known as Gilberd, was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching. He is remembered today largely for his book De Magnete (1600).

A unit of magnetomotive force, also known as magnetic potential, was named the Gilbert in his honour; it has now been superseded by the Ampere-turn.