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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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Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilyevich

Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (19.02.1711 — 15.04.1765) was an outstanding Russian scientist and materialist thinker, and a member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1745).

London, Heinz

Heinz London (7.02.1907-3.08.1970) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1961).

London, Fritz

Fritz London (7.03.1900-30.03.1954) was a theoretical physicist.

Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (18.07.1853-4.02.1928) was a Dutch theoretical physicist, the creator of the classical electron theory and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Low, Francis Eugene

Francis Eugene Low (born 27.10.1921) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1967).

Lounasmaa, Olli

Olli Lounasmaa (born 20.08.1930) is a Finnish physicist and a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (1970).

Lawrence, Ernest Orlando

Ernest Orlando Lawrence (8.08.1901-27.08.1958) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1934).

Loschmidt, Johann Josef

Johann Josef Loschmidt (15.03.1821—8.07.1895) was an Austrian physicist and chemist and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1870).

Lukirsky, Petr Ivanovich

Petr Ivanovich Lukirsky (13.12.1894—16.02.1954) was a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician (1946, a corresponding member from 1933).

Loomis, Francis Wheeler

Francis Wheeler Loomis (4.08.1889-9.02.1976) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1949).

Lewis, Gilbert Newton

Gilbert Newton Lewis (25.10.1875-23.03.1946) was an American physical chemist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Lykov, Alexei Vasilyevich

Alexei Vasilyevich Lykov (20.09.1910 —28.06.1974) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1956).

Lamb, Willis Eugene

Willis Eugene Lamb (born 12.07.1913) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1954).

Lüders, Gerhart Klaus Friedrich

Gerhart Klaus Friedrich Lüders (born 25.02.1920) is a German theoretical physicist and a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.

Lucas, René Auguste

René Auguste Lucas (born 17.07.1898) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1964).

Maurolico, Francesco

Francesco Maurolico (16.09.1494-21.07.1575) was an Italian mathematician, physicist and astronomer.