Scientists beginning with "K". Biographies of physicists

Kadomtsev, Boris Borisovich — (born 9.02.1928) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1970; corresponding member 1962).
Kagan, Yuri Moiseyevich — (born 6.07.1928) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).
Kaliski, Sylwester — (19.12.1925 —16.09.1978) was a Polish theoretical physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1970).
Kallmann, Hartmut Paul — (5.02.1896-11.06.1978) was a German physicist.
Kaluza, Theodor Franz Eduard — (9.02.1885—19.02.1954) was a German theoretical physicist.
Kamerlingh Onnes, Heike — (21.09.1853—21.02.1926) was a Dutch physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Kapany, Narinder — (born 12.10.1926) is a physicist, one of the founders of fibre optics.
Kapitza, Petr Leonidovich — (born 9.07.1894) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1939; corresponding member 1929).
Kaptsov, Nikolai Alexandrovich — (03.02.1883 – 10.02.1966) was a Soviet physicist.
Kastler, Alfred — (born 03.05.1902) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1964).
Kaufmann, Walter — (5.07.1871-1.01.1947) was a German physicist.
Kaya, Seiji — (born 21.12.1898) is a Japanese physicist and a member of the Japan Academy (1961).
Kayser, Heinrich Gustav Johannes — (16.03.1853 —14.10.1940) was a German experimental physicist.
Keesom, Willem Hendrik — (21.06.1876-24.03.1956) was a Dutch physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1924).
Keldysh, Leonid Veniaminovich — (born 7.04.1931) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1976, corresponding member 1968).
Kelman, Veniamin Moiseyevich — (born 7.02.1915) is a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1962).
Kemble, Edwin Crawford — (born 28.01.1889) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1931).
Kemmer, Nicholas — (born 7.12.1911) is an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1956).
Kepler, Johannes — (27.12.1571-15.02.1630) was a German scientist and one of the creators of celestial mechanics.
Keres, Harald Petrovich — (born 15.11.1912) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR (1961).
Kerr, John — (17.12.1824-18.08.1907) was a Scottish physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1890).
Kerst, Donald William — (born 1.02.1911) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1951).
Ketteler, Eduard — (18.04.1836- 8.12.1900) was a German physicist.
Khalatnikov, Isaak Markovich — (born 17.10.1919) — Soviet theoretical physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1972).
Khariton, Yuli Borisovich — (born 27.02.1904) is a Soviet physicist and physical chemist, an academician (1953; corresponding member 1946).
Khokhlov, Rem Viktorovich — (15.07.1926 — 8.08.1977) was a Soviet physicist, one of the founders of nonlinear optics, an academician (1974; corresponding member 1966).
Khvolson, Orest Danilovich — (4.12.1852—11.05.1934) was a Soviet physicist, an honorary academician (1920) and a corresponding member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1895).
Kikoin, Isaak Konstantinovich — (born 28.03.1908) is a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician (1953; corresponding member 1943).
Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert — (12.03.1824-17.10.1887) was a German physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1875).
Kirensky, Leonid Vasilyevich — (10.04.1909—3.11.1969) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1968; corresponding member 1964).
Kirillov, Elpidifor Anempodistovich — (8.10.1883—27.02.1964) was a Soviet physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
Kirko, Igor Mikhailovich — (born 16.04.1918) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR (1966).
Kirkwood, John Gamble — (30.05.1907-9.08.1959) was an American theoretical physicist and chemist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Kiselevsky, Leonid Ivanovich — (born 12.04.1927) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1980).
Kittel, Charles — (born 18.07.1916) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1957).
Klein, Oskar Benjamin — (15.09.1894-5.02.1977) was a Swedish theoretical physicist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1945).
Klement, Fedor Dmitriyevich — (30.05.1903-28.06.1973) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR (1951).
Knoblauch, Karl Hermann — (02.04.1820-30.06.1895) was a German physicist.
Knudsen, Martin Hans Christian — (15.02.1871— 27.05.1949) was a Danish physicist and oceanographer, a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (1909) and its secretary in 1917—46.
Kobeko, Pavel Pavlovich — (02.06.1897-06.01.1954) was a Soviet physicist and physical chemist.
Kohlrausch, Friedrich Wilhelm Georg — (14.10.1840-17.01.1910) was a German experimental physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1895).
Kohlrausch, Rudolf Hermann Arndt — (6.11.1809-9.03.1858) was a German physicist.
Kolhörster, Werner Heinrich Julius — (28.12.1887-5.06.1946) was a German physicist.
Kolli, Robert Andreyevich — (25.06.1845-2.08.1891) was a Russian physicist.
Komar, Anton Panteleimonovich — (born 30.05.1904) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1948).
Konobeevsky, Sergei Tikhonovich — (26.04.1890-26.02.1970) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946).
Konopinski, Emil Jan — (born 25.09.1911) is an American physicist.
Konstantinov, Boris Pavlovich — (6.07.1910 —9.07.1969) was a Soviet physicist, an academician (1960; corresponding member 1953) and vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 1967).
Kordysh, Leon Iosifovich — (22.07.1878 — 11.07.1932) was a Soviet theoretical physicist.
Korsunsky, Moisei Izrailevich — (19.04.1903 —6.10.1976) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1962).
Kosonogov, Iosif Iosifovich — (31.03.1866—22.03.1922) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1922).
Kossel, Walter — (4.01.1888-22.05.1956) was a German experimental physicist.
Koster, Dirk — (5.10.1889-12.02.1950) was a Dutch physicist.
Kothari, Daulat Singh — (born 6.07.1906) is an Indian physicist and astrophysicist and a member of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and was its president (1973 — 75).
Kovács, István — (16.12.1913) is a Hungarian physicist and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1967).
Kowarski, Lew — (10.02.1907-30.07.1979) was a French physicist.
Kozyrev, Boris Mikhailovich — (4.05.1905 —21.10.1979) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1968).
Krafft, Georg Wolfgang — (16.07.1701-16.07.1754) was a German physicist.
Kramers, Hendrik Anthony — (17.12.1894 —24.04.1952) was a Dutch theoretical physicist.
Krasin, Andrei Kapitonovich — (21.05.1911—28.03.1981) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1960).
Kravets, Torichan Pavlovich — (22.03.1876 —21.05.1955) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1943).
Krishnan, Kariamanickam Srinivasa — (4.12.1898-13.06.1961) was an Indian physicist and a member of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Krishnan, Rappal Sangameswaran — (born 23.09.1911) is an Indian physicist and a member of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Krönig, August Karl — (20.09.1822-5.06.1879) was a German physicist.
Kronig, Ralph — (born 10.03.1904) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Kruskal, Martin David — (born 28.09.1925) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Krutkov, Yuri Alexandrovich — (29.05.1890—12.09.1952) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1933).
Kubo, Ryogo — (born 15.02.1920) is a Japanese theoretical physicist.
Kundt, August Adolph — (18.02.1839-21.01.1894) was a German experimental physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1888).
Kurchatov, Igor Vasilyevich — (12.01.1903—7.02.1960) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1943).
Kurdyumov, Georgy Vyacheslavovich — (born 14.02.1902) is a Soviet metal physicist, an academician (1953, a corresponding member from 1946) and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1939).
Kurlbaum, Ferdinand — (4.10.1857-29.07.1927) was a German experimental physicist.
Kurti, Nicholas — (born 14.05.1908) is an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1956), and its vice-president in 1965-67.
Kusch, Polykarp — (born 26.01.1911) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1956).
Kuznetsov, Vladimir Dmitriyevich — (12.05.1887—13.10.1963) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1958; a corresponding member from 1946).