William Gilbert nacque a Colchester, presumibilmente tra il 1540-1543, e morì a Londra nel 1603. Scienziato e filosofo inglese, iniziò i primi studi scientifici di magnetismo ...
Gilbert, William (1540-1603) English scientist who studied magnetism and static electricity, deducing that the Earth's magnetic field behaves as if a bar magnet joined the North ...
English court physician and physicist whose book De Magnete (1600) was the first comprehensive scientific work published in England. Gilbert demonstrated that the Earth itself is a ...