Who amongst the following is a pioneer in discovering the heating effe

Who amongst the following is a pioneer in discovering the heating effect of electric current ?

Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
James P. Joule
J.J. Thomson
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UPSC CDS-1 – 2021
James Prescott Joule was a physicist who studied the nature of heat and its relationship to mechanical work. He is best known for establishing that electric current produces heat when it flows through a resistance, quantifying this effect in what is now known as Joule’s law of heating, which states that the heat produced is proportional to the square of the current, the resistance, and the time ($H \propto I^2Rt$).
James P. Joule’s experiments demonstrated the relationship between electric current flow through a resistor and the heat generated, leading to Joule’s Law of Heating.
Isaac Newton formulated laws of motion and universal gravitation. Galileo Galilei made significant contributions to astronomy and the study of motion. J.J. Thomson discovered the electron.
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