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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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Gribov, Vladimir Naumovich

Vladimir Naumovich Gribov (born 25.03.1930) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1972).

Gridnev, Vitaly Nikiforovich

Vitaly Nikiforovich Gridnev (born 7.08.1908) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1967).

Green, Herbert Sydney

Herbert Sydney Green (born 17.12.1920) is an Australian theoretical physicist and a member of the Australian Academy of Science.

Grinberg, Georgy Abramovich

Georgy Abramovich Grinberg (born 16.06.1900) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946).

Groot, Sybren Ruurds de

Sybren Ruurds de Groot (born 18.04.1916) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1958).

Gross, Evgeny Fedorovich

Evgeny Fedorovich Gross (20.10.1897-4.04.1972) was a Soviet experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946).

Grote, Claus

Claus Grote (born 8.08.1927) is a German experimental physicist, a member of the GDR Academy of Sciences (1974) and General Secretary of the GDR Academy of Sciences (from 1972).

Grove, William Robert

William Robert Grove (11.07.1811-1.08.1896) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1840).

Groszkowski, Janusz

Janusz Groszkowski (born 21.03.1898) is a Polish physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1952), of which he was president in 1963 — 72.

Hooke, Robert

Robert Hooke (18.07.1635-3.03.1703) was an English physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1663) and its secretary in 1677 — 83.

Gulyaev, Yuri Vasilyevich

Yuri Vasilyevich Gulyaev (born 18.09.1935) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Gurevich, Isai Izrailevich

Isai Izrailevich Gurevich (born 13.07.1912) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1968).

Gustafson, Torsten Valdemar

Torsten Valdemar Gustafson (born 8.05.1904) is a Swedish physicist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Gouy, Louis Georges

Louis Georges Gouy (19.02.1854-27.01.1926) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1913).

Guye, Charles

Charles Guye (15.10.1866-15.07.1942) was a Swiss experimental physicist.

Huygens, Christiaan

Christiaan Huygens (14.04.1629-8.07.1695) was a Dutch physicist, mechanician, mathematician and astronomer.

Davydov, Alexander Sergeyevich

Alexander Sergeyevich Davydov (born 26.12.1912) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1964).