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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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Gamow, George (Georgiy Antonovich)

George (Georgiy Antonovich) Gamow (4.03.1904-20.08.1968) was an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1953).

Hahn, Otto

Otto Hahn (8.03.1879-28.07.1968) was a German radiochemist and physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1924).

Garibian, Gregory Markarovich

Gregory Markarovich Garibian (born 13.12.1924) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1971).

Gassendi, Pierre

Pierre Gassendi (22.01.1592-24.10.1655) was a French philosopher and scientist.

Goudsmit, Samuel Abraham

Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (11.07.1902—4.12.1979) was an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1947).

Hauksbee, Francis, the Elder

Francis Hauksbee the Elder (1666-1713) was an English experimental physicist and a designer of scientific instruments, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1705).

Gauss, Carl Friedrich

Carl Friedrich Gauss (30.04.1777-23.02.1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer and physicist.

Gvertsiteli, Irakli Grigoryevich

Irakli Grigoryevich Gvertsiteli (born 22.12.1918) is a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1979); in 1978 —82 he was vice-president of the Academy of Sciences …

Gaede, Wolfgang

Wolfgang Gaede (25.05.1878-24.06.1945) was a German physicist.

Geiger, Hans Wilhelm

Hans Wilhelm Geiger (30.09.1882-24.09.1945) was a German experimental physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1937).

Heisenberg, Werner Karl

Werner Karl Heisenberg (5.12.1901 - 1.02.1976) was a German theoretical physicist and one of the creators of quantum mechanics.

Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (6.12.1778-9.05.1850) was a French physicist and chemist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1806).

Gell-Mann, Murray

Murray Gell-Mann (born 15.09.1929) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1960).

Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz (31.08.1821-8.09.1894) was a German natural scientist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1871).

Henry, Joseph

Joseph Henry (17.12.1797-13.05.1878) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and its president (1866 — 78).

Gentner, Wolfgang

Wolfgang Gentner (23.07.1906-4.09.1980) was a German physicist and a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (1937), its president in 1964-67.