Different physicists have attempted to measure the speed of light throughout history.

According to Hüseyin Gazi Topdemir, the Persian physicist and polymath Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen; 965-1039), attempted to provide a scientific explanation for the rainbow phenomenon.

In August 1990, an unemployed French nuclear physicist named André Gardes attempted a singlehanded invasion of Sark, armed with a semi-automatic weapon.

Although the experimental protocol had not been published, physicists in several countries attempted, and failed, to replicate the excess heat phenomenon.

Vladimir Herczberg, nuclear physicist and perennial candidate - attempted to run, but was not listed in ballot.

For nearly a century, physicists and philosophers have been attempting to explain the physical meaning of quantum states.

Atmospheric physicists attempt to model Earth's atmosphere and the atmospheres of the other planets using fluid flow equations, chemical models, radiation balancing, and energy transfer processes in the atmosphere and underlying oceans.

Since the 19th century, some physicists have attempted to develop a single theoretical framework that can account for the fundamental forces of nature - a unified field theory.

The German nuclear laboratory was discovered on the grounds of the Strasbourg Hospital, where the physicists attempted to pass themselves off as medics.

Fortunately, a physicist has at least attempted to come to the rescue by devising a plane boarding strategy that's phenomenally efficient, although it would be impossible to implement in an actual airport.