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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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Kronig, Ralph

Ralph Kronig (born 10.03.1904) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Cronin, James Watson

James Watson Cronin (born 29.09.1931) is an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1970).

Crookes, William

William Crookes (17.06.1832-4.04.1919) was an English chemist and physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1863), and its president in 1913-15.

Kruskal, Martin David

Martin David Kruskal (born 28.09.1925) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Krutkov, Yuri Alexandrovich

Yuri Alexandrovich Krutkov (29.05.1890—12.09.1952) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1933).

Kubo, Ryogo

Ryogo Kubo (born 15.02.1920) is a Japanese theoretical physicist.

Kuznetsov, Vladimir Dmitriyevich

Vladimir Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov (12.05.1887—13.10.1963) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1958; a corresponding member from 1946).

Coolidge, William David

William David Coolidge (23.10.1873-03.02.1975) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1925).

Coulomb, Charles Augustin

Charles Augustin Coulomb (14.06.1736—23.08.1806) was a French physicist and military engineer and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1803).

Kundt, August Adolph

August Adolph Kundt (18.02.1839-21.01.1894) was a German experimental physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1888).

Kurdyumov, Georgy Vyacheslavovich

Georgy Vyacheslavovich Kurdyumov (born 14.02.1902) is a Soviet metal physicist, an academician (1953, a corresponding member from 1946) and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1939).

Kurlbaum, Ferdinand

Ferdinand Kurlbaum (4.10.1857-29.07.1927) was a German experimental physicist.

Kurti, Nicholas

Nicholas Kurti (born 14.05.1908) is an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1956), and its vice-president in 1965-67.

Curie, Pierre

Pierre Curie (15.05.1859-19.04.1906) was a French physicist and one of the founders of the study of radioactivity, and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1905).