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Modern physics... and at once the names come to mind of the scientists whose painstaking labour and inquiring minds prepared the splendid present of this ancient science of nature. Here you will find short notes on the biographies of scientists: physicists of the past and the present who each made their contribution to the growth of physics. Every biographical note gives the main facts of the scientist's life and work, together with the results obtained in the fields in which he was active. The section is richly illustrated with portraits, some of them rare. These pages introduce the people who widened the bounds of human knowledge of the world around us, uncovering step by step ever new secrets of nature and its laws.
The faces of some of these scientists can still often be seen in the modern world. Look at the collection "Physicists on banknotes".

Every year new scientists become laureates of the world-famous Nobel Prize. List of Nobel Prize laureates in physics.

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Ernst Karl Abbe

Ernst Karl Abbe (23.I 1840 - 14.I 1905) was a German optical physicist.

Abelson, Philip Hauge

Philip Hauge Abelson (born 27.04.1913) - American physicist and geochemist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1959).

Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (27.03.1845 - 10.02.1923) was a German experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1896).

Abragam, Anatole

Anatole Abragam (born 15.XII 1914) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1973).

Abdullayev, Hasan Mammad Bagir oglu

Hasan Mammad Bagir oglu Abdullayev (born 20.08.1918) is a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967) and its president (since 1970), and a corresponding member of the USSR Ac…

Abraham, Max

Max Abraham (26.03.1875 - 16.11.1922) was a German theoretical physicist.

Abria, Jérémie Joseph Benoît

Jérémie Joseph Benoît Abria (19.03.1811 — 4.04.1892) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1880).

Abrikosov, Alexei Alexeyevich

Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (born 25.06.1928) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1964).

Avenarius, Mikhail Petrovich

Mikhail Petrovich Avenarius (7.09.1835 — 4.09.1895) was a Russian physicist and a corresponding member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1876).

Avogadro, Amedeo

Amedeo Avogadro (9.08.1776 - 9.07.1856) was an Italian physicist and chemist and a member of the Turin Academy of Sciences (1819).

Adirovich, Emmanuil Ilyich

Emmanuil Ilyich Adirovich (24.08.1915— 10.09.1973) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1962).

Adkhamov, Akobir Adkhamovich

Akobir Adkhamovich Adkhamov (born 4.09.1928) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Tajik SSR (1968).

Azimov, Sadyk Azimovich

Sadyk Azimovich Azimov (born 07.11.1914) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1962).

Akulov, Nikolai Sergeyevich

Nikolai Sergeyevich Akulov (12.12.1900 - 21.09.1976) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1940).

Alexander, Karl Friedrich

Karl Friedrich Alexander (born 01.05.1925) is a German physicist and a member of the GDR Academy of Sciences (1973).

Alexandrov, Anatoly Petrovich

Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov (born 13.02.1903) is a Soviet physicist, an academician (1953; corresponding member 1943) and president of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1975).

Alexandrov, Evgeny Borisovich

Evgeny Borisovich Alexandrov (born 13.04.1936) is a Soviet experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).