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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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Zumino, Bruno

Bruno Zumino (born 28.04.1923) was an Italian theoretical physicist.

Ibragimov, Shavkat Shigabutdinovich

Shavkat Shigabutdinovich Ibragimov (born 22.10.1923) was a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1970) and its vice-president (from 1974).

Eve, Arthur Stewart

Arthur Stewart Eve (11.09.1862-14.03.1948) was a Canadian physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (president in 1919 — 30).

Ivanenko, Dmitri Dmitriyevich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Ivanenko (born 29.07.1904) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Ivanov, Viktor Evgenyevich

Viktor Evgenyevich Ivanov (22.02.1908-24.12.1980) was a Soviet experimental physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1964) and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (196…

Ising, Gustav Adolf

Gustav Adolf Ising (19.02.1883-5.02.1960) was a Swedish physicist and geophysicist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1935).

Imanov, Latif Mukhtar oglu

Latif Mukhtar oglu Imanov (15.09.1922—12.03.1980) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (1976).

Infeld, Leopold

Leopold Infeld (20.08.1898-15.01.1968) was a Polish theoretical physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1952).

Ionescu, Teodor

Teodor Ionescu (born 8.02.1899) is a Romanian physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1955).

Jordan, Pascual

Pascual Jordan (18.10.1902-31.07.1980) was a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz.

Ioffe, Abram Fedorovich

Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (29.10.1880-14.10.1960) was a Soviet physicist, an academician (1920; corresponding member 1918) and vice-president (1926—29, 1942 — 45).

Jedlik, Ányos István

Ányos István Jedlik (11.01.1800-13.12.1895) was a Hungarian physicist and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1858).

Jensen, Hans

Hans Jensen (25.06.1907-11.02.1973) was a German theoretical physicist and a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (1949).

Cabannes, Jean

Jean Cabannes (12.08.1885 - 31.10.1959) was a French experimental physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1946).

Cabrera, Blas

Blas Cabrera (20.05.1878- 1.08.1945) was a Spanish physicist.

Cavendish, Henry

Henry Cavendish (10.10.1731-24.02.1810) was an English physicist and chemist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1760).

Kagan, Yuri Moiseyevich

Yuri Moiseyevich Kagan (born 6.07.1928) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).

Kadomtsev, Boris Borisovich

Boris Borisovich Kadomtsev (born 9.02.1928) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1970; corresponding member 1962).