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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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Casimir, Hendrik

Hendrik Casimir (born 15.07.1909) is a Dutch physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1946) and its president (1973).

Kaliski, Sylwester

Sylwester Kaliski (19.12.1925 —16.09.1978) was a Polish theoretical physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1970).

Callendar, Hugh Longbourne

Hugh Longbourne Callendar (18.04.1863—21.01.1930) was an English experimental physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1894).

Kamerlingh Onnes, Heike

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (21.09.1853—21.02.1926) was a Dutch physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Canton, John

John Canton (31.07.1718-22.03.1772) was an English experimental physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1749).

Kapany, Narinder

Narinder Kapany (born 12.10.1926) is a physicist, one of the founders of fibre optics.

Kapitza, Petr Leonidovich

Petr Leonidovich Kapitza (born 9.07.1894) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1939; corresponding member 1929).

Carnot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (01.06.1796-24.08.1832) was a French physicist and engineer, one of the founders of thermodynamics.

Carrelli, Antonio

Antonio Carrelli (01.07.1900-1980) was an Italian physicist, a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1947) and its president.

Kastler, Alfred

Alfred Kastler (born 03.05.1902) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1964).

Catalán, Miguel

Miguel Catalán (9.10.1894-11.02.1957) was a Spanish experimental physicist and a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (1955).

Kusch, Polykarp

Polykarp Kusch (born 26.01.1911) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1956).

Kaya, Seiji

Seiji Kaya (born 21.12.1898) is a Japanese physicist and a member of the Japan Academy (1961).

Quincke, Georg Hermann

Georg Hermann Quincke (19.11.1834-13.01.1924) was a German physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1879).