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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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Dyson, Freeman John

Freeman John Dyson (born 15.12.1923) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1964).

Dalitz, Richard Henry

Richard Henry Dalitz (born 28.02.1925) is an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1960).

Dalton, John

John Dalton (6.09.1766-27.07.1844) was an English chemist and physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1822).

Danilov, Vitaly Ivanovich

Vitaly Ivanovich Danilov (10.04.1902-19.03.1954) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1951).

Daniell, John Frederic

John Frederic Daniell (12.03.1790—13.03.1845) was an English scientist and inventor, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1813) and its secretary in 1839—45.

Dunning, John Ray

John Ray Dunning (24.09.1907-25.08.1975) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1948).

Danysz, Marian

Marian Danysz (born 17.03.1909) is a Polish physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1961).

Darwin, Charles Galton

Charles Galton Darwin (19.02.1887-31.12.1962) was an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1922).

D’Arsonval, Jacques-Arsène

Jacques-Arsène D’Arsonval (8.06.1851-31.12.1940) was a French physicist and physiologist, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1894) and its president in 1917.

Datsev, Asen Borisov

Asen Borisov Datsev (born 4.02.1911) is a Bulgarian theoretical physicist and a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1961).

Debye, Peter Joseph William

Peter Joseph William Debye (24.03.1884—2.02.1966) was a physicist and chemist and one of the founders of the theory of the solid state.

De Gennes, Pierre-Gilles

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (born 24.10.1932) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1979).

Desaguliers, John Theophilus

John Theophilus Desaguliers (12.03.1683-29.02.1744) was an English natural philosopher and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1714).

Descartes, René

René Descartes (Latinised name Cartesius) (31.03.1596-11.02.1650) was a French philosopher, physicist, mathematician and physiologist.

Democritus

Democritus (c. 460-370 BC) was an ancient Greek scientist and materialist philosopher, the chief representative of ancient atomism.

Denisyuk, Yuri Nikolayevich

Yuri Nikolayevich Denisyuk (born 27.07.1927) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).

Dennison, David Mathias

David Mathias Dennison (26.04.1900 —3.04.1976) was an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1953).