Vidyut ki khoj aur uske pratham adhyayan ki shuruaat anek logo dwara ki gayi hai, aur yeh ek lambi evam vikasit itihas hai. Yahan kuch mukhya sthal hain jahan vidyut ki khoj aur vikasit hui:
Benjamin Franklin (1752): Benjamin Franklin ne vayumandal mein ghumte hue badal se vidyut prapt karne ke liye ek eksperiment kiya, jise woh "key and kite experiment" ke naam se jante hain. Usne vidyut ki pravah aur vidyut chumbakiy abhikriyaon par pehle vichar kiya.
Alessandro Volta (1800): Alessandro Volta ne voltaic pile namak battery ko banaya, jo ki pehli baar sthayi vidyut utpadan karne mein sahayak tha. Usne isse constant vidyut shakti utpadit ki.
Michael Faraday (1831): Michael Faraday ne electromagnetic induction ka siddhant prastut kiya, jiske madhyam se vidyut shakti ko mechanical gati se utpadit kiya ja sakta hai. Isne dynamo ka vikas kiya, jo vidyut utpadan ke liye upayogi tha.
Thomas Edison (1879): Thomas Edison ne pratham praktik vidyut bulb ko banaya, jiska upayog prakash utpadan ke liye kiya ja sakta tha. Isse jyada samay tak chalne wale prakash ka srot mil gaya.
In mool adhyayanon aur avishkaron ne vidyut ke kshetra mein mahatva purna yogdan diya aur uske vikas mein madad ki. Yeh khoj aur vikas ka kshetra aaj bhi tezi se badh raha hai, jismein naviin takneekon aur upkaranon ka vikas hota hai.