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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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Marconi, Guglielmo

Guglielmo Marconi (25.04.1874-20.07.1937) was an Italian physicist, engineer and entrepreneur and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1912), and from 1930 its president.

Marx, György

György Marx (born 25.05.1927) is a Hungarian theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1970).

Marsden, Ernest

Ernest Marsden (19.02.1889-15.12.1970) was a New Zealand physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (president in 1947).

Marshak, Robert

Robert Marshak (born 11.10.1916) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1958).

Mascart, Éleuthère Élie Nicolas

Éleuthère Élie Nicolas Mascart (20.02.1837-26.08.1908) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1884), and in 1904 its president.

Mattauch, Josef Heinrich

Josef Heinrich Mattauch (born 21.12.1895) is an Austrian physicist and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Matteucci, Carlo

Carlo Matteucci (2.06.1811-24.06.1868) was an Italian physicist and physiologist.

Matthias, Bernd Theodor

Bernd Theodor Matthias (8.06.1918-27.10.1980) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1965).

Mach, Ernst

Ernst Mach (18.02.1838-19.02.1916) was an Austrian physicist and idealist philosopher.

Meggers, William Frederick

William Frederick Meggers (13.07.1888 — 19.02. 1967) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1954).

Meyer, Stefan

Stefan Meyer (27.04.1872-29.12.1949) was an Austrian physicist and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Maiman, Theodore Harold

Theodore Harold Maiman (born 11.07.1927) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Meissner, Walther Fritz

Walther Fritz Meissner (16.12.1882 —16.02.1974) was a German physicist and a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

Meitner, Lise

Lise Meitner (7.02.1878-27.10.1968) was an Austrian physicist and radiochemist.

Møller, Christian

Christian Møller (22.12.1904-14.01.1980) was a Danish theoretical physicist and a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Mendeleev, Dmitri Ivanovich

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (8.02.1834—2.02.1907) was a Russian scientist and a corresponding member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1876).

Menon, Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar

Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon (born 28.08.1928) is an Indian physicist and a member of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1971), and its president in 1974 — 76.