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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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Andreev, Alexander Fyodorovich

Alexander Fyodorovich Andreev (born 10.12.1939) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1981).

Andreev, Nikolai Nikolayevich

Nikolai Nikolayevich Andreev (28.VII 1880 - 31.XII 1970) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1953; corresponding member 1933).

Andronikashvili, Elevter Luarsabovich

Elevter Luarsabovich Andronikashvili (born 25.XII 1910) is a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1955).

Annaev, Rukhi Guseinovich

Rukhi Guseinovich Annaev (24.I 1909 - 9.VII 1977) was a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen SSR (1951) and its vice-president in 1956—59.

Arago, Dominique François

Dominique François Arago (26.02.1786 - 2.X 1853) was a French scientist and politician and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1809), from 1830 its permanent secretary.

Ardenne, Manfred von

Manfred von Ardenne (born 20.I 1907) is a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR.

Aristotle

Aristotle (384-322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist.

Arifov, Ubay Arifovich

Ubay Arifovich Arifov (15.06.1909 - 24.XII 1976) was a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1956) and its president in 1962-66.

Arkadyev, Vladimir Konstantinovich

Vladimir Konstantinovich Arkadyev (21.04 1884—1.XII 1953) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1927).

Arrhenius, Svante August

Svante August Arrhenius (19.02.1859-2.10.1927) was a Swedish physical chemist, one of the founders of physical chemistry, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1901).

Arkharov, Vladimir Ivanovich

Vladimir Ivanovich Arkharov (born 14.02.1907) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1965).

Archimedes

Archimedes (about 287-212 BC) was an ancient Greek scientist.

Artsimovich, Lev Andreyevich

Lev Andreyevich Artsimovich (25.02.1909—1.03.1973) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1953; a corresponding member from 1946).

Atwood, George

George Atwood (1746-11.07 1807) was an English physicist and mathematician and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1776).

Akhiezer, Alexander Ilyich

Alexander Ilyich Akhiezer (born 31.X 1911) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1964).

Bhabha, Homi Jehangir

Homi Jehangir Bhabha (30.10 1909-24.01 1966) was an Indian physicist and public figure.

Babaev, Yuri Nikolayevich

Yuri Nikolayevich Babaev (born 21.05.1928) is a Soviet experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1968).

Babinet, Jacques

Jacques Babinet (5.03.1794-21.X 1872) was a French physicist and astronomer and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1840).