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Klein, Oskar (1894-1977)
Biographical sketch of the Swedish chemist and physicist who was the first to introduce compactified ("rolled-up") dimensions into higher-dimensional versions of general relativity; from the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University o
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Klein_Oskar.html
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Milne, Arthur (1896-1950)
Biography of the British mathematician and astrophysicist who developed a kinematic model of cosmology based on special relativity; from the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St. Andrews).
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Milne.html
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Nordström, Gunnar (1881-1923)
Wikipedia article about the Finnish physicist, who developed a relativistic theory of gravity that was an early competitor of general relativity, and who (together with Hans Reissner) found the solution to Einstein's field equations now known to describe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Nordstr%C3%B6m
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Penrose, Roger (1931-)
Biographical sketch of the British mathematician and physicist who developed the methods of global geometry, proved the first singularity theorem, invented a method for extracting energy from rotating black holes, and posited the cosmic censorship hypoth
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Penrose.html
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Poincaré, Henri (1854-1912)
Biographical sketch of the French physicist who developed many of the concepts of special relativity before Einstein's publication; from the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St. Andrews).
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Poincare.html
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Shapiro, Irwin I.
Wikipedia article about the American astrophysicist, one of the pioneers of solar-system tests of general relativity (Shapiro effect, deflection of light by gravity, perihelion precession of various planets).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Shapiro
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Thorne, Kip (1940-)
Wikipedia article about the American theoretical physicist, who has made significant contributions to the physics of gravitational waves and black holes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_S._Thorne
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Wheeler, John Archibald (1911-)
Wikipedia article about the American physicist who was the driving force of the general relativity revival in the US in the 1950s and, among other things, introduced the terms "black hole" and "wormhole".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler
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