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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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Joliot-Curie, Frédéric

Frédéric Joliot-Curie (19.03.1900-14.08.1958) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1943).

Zhurkov, Serafim Nikolayevich

Serafim Nikolayevich Zhurkov (born 29.05.1905) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1968; a corresponding member 1958).

Zababakhin, Evgeny Ivanovich

Evgeny Ivanovich Zababakhin (born 16.01.1917) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1968; corresponding member 1958).

Zavoisky, Evgeny Konstantinovich

Evgeny Konstantinovich Zavoisky (28.09.1907—9.10.1976) was a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician (1964, corresponding member 1953).

Ziman, John

John Ziman (born 16.05.1925) was an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1967).

Zakharchenya, Boris Petrovich

Boris Petrovich Zakharchenya (born 1.05.1928) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1976).

Zatsepin, Georgy Timofeyevich

Georgy Timofeyevich Zatsepin (born 28.05.1917) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1981; corresponding member 1968).

Seebeck, Thomas Johann

Thomas Johann Seebeck (9.04.1770- 10.12.1831) was a German physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1814).

Zeeman, Pieter

Pieter Zeeman (25.05.1865-9.10.1943) was a Dutch physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Seitz, Frederick

Frederick Seitz (born 4. VII 1911) was an American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1951) and its president in 1962—69.

Selényi, Pál

Pál Selényi (17.02.1884-21.03.1954) was a Hungarian physicist and a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1948).

Zeldovich, Yakov Borisovich

Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (born 8.03.1914) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1958; corresponding member 1946).

Zener, Clarence Melvin

Clarence Melvin Zener (born 1.12.1905) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1959).

Zinn, Walter

Walter Zinn (born 10.02.1906) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1956).

Sommerfeld, Arnold Johann Wilhelm

Arnold Johann Wilhelm Sommerfeld (5.12.1868-26.04.1951) was a German theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1920).

Zuev, Vladimir Evseyevich

Vladimir Evseyevich Zuev (born 29.01.1925) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1981; corresponding member 1970).