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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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Latyshev, Georgy Dmitriyevich

Georgy Dmitriyevich Latyshev (4.02.1907-3.04.1973) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1958).

Laurila, Erkki Aukusti

Erkki Aukusti Laurila (born 20.08.1913) is a Finnish physicist and a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (1963).

Lebedev, Alexander Alexeyevich

Alexander Alexeyevich Lebedev (26.02.1893—15.03.1969) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1943; corresponding member 1939).

Levitskaya, Maria Afanasyevna

Maria Afanasyevna Levitskaya (1.04.1883 —6.03.1963) was a Soviet physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1935).

Levshin, Vadim Leonidovich

Vadim Leonidovich Levshin (28.01.1896-12.12.1969) was a Soviet physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1935).

Lederman, Leon Max

Leon Max Lederman (born 15.07.1922) is an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1965).

Leipunsky, Alexander Ilyich

Alexander Ilyich Leipunsky (7.12.1903-14.08.1972) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1934).

Leite Lopes, José

José Leite Lopes (born 28.10.1918) is a Brazilian theoretical physicist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

Lenard, Philipp Eduard Anton

Philipp Eduard Anton Lenard (7.06.1862—20.05.1947) was a German physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.

Langley, Samuel

Samuel Langley (22.08.1834-27.02.1906) was an American astrophysicist and physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Langmuir, Irving

Irving Langmuir (31.01.1881-16.08.1957) was an American physicist and chemist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Lenz, Emil Khristianovich

Emil Khristianovich Lenz (24.02.1804— 10.02.1865) was a Russian physicist and a member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1834).

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci (15.04.1452-2.10.1519) was an Italian painter, scientist and inventor.

Leontovich, Mikhail Alexandrovich

Mikhail Alexandrovich Leontovich (7.03.1903 — 30.03.1981) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician (1946; corresponding member 1939).

Leprince-Ringuet, Louis

Louis Leprince-Ringuet (born 27.03.1901) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1949).