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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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Drude, Paul Karl Ludwig

Drude, Paul Karl Ludwig (12.07.1863–5.07.1906) was a German physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1905).

Duane, William

Duane, William (17.02.1872–7.03.1935) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1920).

Dewar, James

Dewar, James (20.09.1842–27.03.1923) was an English chemist and physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1877).

Davy, Humphry

Humphry Davy (17.12.1778-29.05.1829) was an English chemist and physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1803) and its president in 1820—27.

Davisson, Clinton Joseph

Clinton Joseph Davisson (22.10.1881—1.02.1958) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Duhamel, Jean-Marie Constant

Jean-Marie Constant Duhamel (5.02.1797-29.04.1872) was a French physicist and mathematician and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1840).

Duhem, Pierre

Pierre Duhem (10.06.1861 —14.09.1916) was a French theoretical physicist and a historian and philosopher of science, and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1913).

Dulong, Pierre Louis

Pierre Louis Dulong (12.02.1785-19.07.1838) was a French physicist and chemist, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1823) and its president (1828).

DuMond, Jesse William

Jesse William DuMond (11.07.1892-4.12.1976) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1953).

Du Fay, Charles François

Charles François Du Fay (14.09.1698-16.07.1739) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1723).

Dufour, Louis

Louis Dufour (17.02.1832-14.11.1892) was a Swiss physicist.

Euclid

Euclid (3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek scholar.

Elyashevich, Mikhail Alexandrovich

Mikhail Alexandrovich Elyashevich (born 21.08.1908) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1956).

Eremenko, Viktor Valentinovich

Viktor Valentinovich Eremenko (born 26.07.1932) is an experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1978).

Jacquinot, Pierre

Pierre Jacquinot (born 18.01.1910) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1966).

Jamin, Jules Célestin

Jules Célestin Jamin (30.05.1818-12.02.1886) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1868).

Giaever, Ivar

Ivar Giaever (born 5.04.1929) is an experimental physicist and engineer.

Joliot-Curie, Irène

Irène Joliot-Curie (12.09.1897 - 17.03.1956) was a French physicist and radiochemist.