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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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Alexandrov, Kirill Sergeyevich

Kirill Sergeyevich Alexandrov (born 09.01.1931) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1972).

Alekseevsky, Nikolai Evgenyevich

Nikolai Evgenyevich Alekseevsky (born 23.05.1912) is a Soviet experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1960).

Alikhanov, Abram Isaakovich

Abram Isaakovich Alikhanov (04.03.1904 — 08.12.1970) was a Soviet experimental physicist, an academician (1943; corresponding member 1939) and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1943).

Alikhanian, Artem Isaakovich

Artem Isaakovich Alikhanian (24.06.1908—25.02.1978) was a Soviet physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946) and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1943).

Allison, Samuel King

Samuel King Allison (13.11.1900-15.09.1965) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1946).

Alferov, Zhores Ivanovich

Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (born 15.03.1930) was a Soviet physicist and academician (1979; corresponding member 1972).

Alvarez, Luis Walter

Luis Walter Alvarez (born 13.06.1911) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1947).

Altshuler, Semyon Alexandrovich

Semyon Alexandrovich Altshuler (born 24.09.1911) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1976).

Alfvén, Hannes

Hannes Alfvén (born 30.05.1908) was a Swedish physicist and astrophysicist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (from 1947).

Alhazen

Alhazen (the Latinised name of Abu Ali al-Haytham) (965 — 1039) was an Arab scholar and the best-known physicist of the Middle Ages.

Amagat, Émile

Émile Amagat (02.01.1841 - 15.02.1915) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1902).

Amaldi, Edoardo

Edoardo Amaldi (born 5.09.1908) was an Italian experimental physicist and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1948).

Ambartsumian, Viktor Amazaspovich

Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian (born 18.09.1908) was a Soviet astrophysicist and physicist, academician (1953), academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1943) and its president (from 1947).

Amirkhanov, Khabibulla Ibragimovich

Khabibulla Ibragimovich Amirkhanov (born 22.04.1907) was a Soviet physicist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (1949) and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).

Amontons, Guillaume

Guillaume Amontons (31.08.1663 - 11.10.1705) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1699).

Ampère, André-Marie

André-Marie Ampère (22.01.1775 - 10.06.1836) was a French physicist, mathematician and chemist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1814).

Anderson, Herbert Lawrence

Herbert Lawrence Anderson (born 24.05.1914) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1960).

Anderson, Philip Warren

Philip Warren Anderson (born 13.12.1923) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1967).