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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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Glaser, Donald Arthur

Donald Arthur Glaser (born 21.09.1926) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1962).

Glazebrook, Richard Tetley

Richard Tetley Glazebrook (18.09.1854—15.12.1935) was an English experimental physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1882).

Glashow, Sheldon Lee

Sheldon Lee Glashow (born 5.12.1932) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1977).

Goldstone, Jeffrey

Jeffrey Goldstone (born 3.09.1933) is an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1977).

Golitsyn, Boris Borisovich

Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (2.03.1862 —17.05.1916) was a Russian physicist, the founder of seismology in Russia and a member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1898).

Goldanskii, Vitaly Iosifovich

Vitaly Iosifovich Goldanskii (born 18.06.1923) is a Soviet physical chemist and an academician (1981; corresponding member 1962).

Goldberger, Marvin Leonard

Marvin Leonard Goldberger (born 22.10.1922) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1963).

Goldman, Alexander Genrikhovich

Alexander Genrikhovich Goldman (3.02.1884—30.12.1971) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1929).

Goldhaber, Maurice

Maurice Goldhaber (born 18.05.1911) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1958).

Gombás, Pál

Pál Gombás (5.06.1909-17.05.1971) was a Hungarian theoretical physicist, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1946) and its vice-president (1949-58).

Hopkinson, John

John Hopkinson (27.07.1849-27.03.1898) was an English physicist and engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1877).

Gordon, Walter

Walter Gordon (3.08.1893-24.12.1939) was a German theoretical physicist.

Gorter, Cornelis Jacobus

Cornelis Jacobus Gorter (14.08.1907-30.03.1980) was a Dutch physicist, a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1946) and its president in 1960 — 66.

Gorkov, Lev Petrovich

Lev Petrovich Gorkov (born 14.06.1929) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1966).

Gray, Stephen

Stephen Gray (1666-15.02.1736) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1732).