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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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Conversi, Marcello

Marcello Conversi (born 25.08.1917) is an Italian physicist and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1970).

Condon, Edward

Edward Condon (2.07.1902-26.03.1974) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1944).

Konobeevsky, Sergei Tikhonovich

Sergei Tikhonovich Konobeevsky (26.04.1890-26.02.1970) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946).

Konstantinov, Boris Pavlovich

Boris Pavlovich Konstantinov (6.07.1910 —9.07.1969) was a Soviet physicist, an academician (1960; corresponding member 1953) and vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 1967).

Copernicus, Nicolaus

Nicolaus Copernicus (19.02.1473-24.05.1543) was an outstanding Polish astronomer and the creator of the heliocentric system of the world.

Coriolis, Gustave Gaspard

Gustave Gaspard Coriolis (21.05.1792- 19.09.1843) was a French physicist and engineer and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1836).

Cornu, Marie Alfred

Marie Alfred Cornu (6.03.1841-12.04.1902) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1878), and its president in 1896.

Korsunsky, Moisei Izrailevich

Moisei Izrailevich Korsunsky (19.04.1903 —6.10.1976) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1962).

Kosonogov, Iosif Iosifovich

Iosif Iosifovich Kosonogov (31.03.1866—22.03.1922) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1922).

Kossel, Walter

Walter Kossel (4.01.1888-22.05.1956) was a German experimental physicist.

Koster, Dirk

Dirk Koster (5.10.1889-12.02.1950) was a Dutch physicist.

Kothari, Daulat Singh

Daulat Singh Kothari (born 6.07.1906) is an Indian physicist and astrophysicist and a member of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and was its president (1973 — 75).

Cotton, Eugénie

Eugénie Cotton (13.10.1881-16.06.1967) was a French physicist and public figure.

Cotton, Aimé

Aimé Cotton (9.10.1869-15.04.1951) was a French experimental physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1923), and its president in 1938.

Kravets, Torichan Pavlovich

Torichan Pavlovich Kravets (22.03.1876 —21.05.1955) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1943).

Krasin, Andrei Kapitonovich

Andrei Kapitonovich Krasin (21.05.1911—28.03.1981) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1960).