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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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Mięsowicz, Marian

Marian Mięsowicz (born 21.11.1907) is a Polish physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1964), and its vice-president in 1969 — 77.

Mössbauer, Rudolf Ludwig

Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer (born 31.01.1929) is a German experimental physicist and a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

Massey, Harrie Stewart Wilson

Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey (born 16.05.1908) is an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1940), vice-president 1969 — 78.

Mesyats, Gennady Andreyevich

Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats (born 28.02.1936) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Migdal, Arkady Beinusovich

Arkady Beinusovich Migdal (born 11.03.1911) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician (1966; corresponding member 1953).

Migulin, Vladimir Vasilyevich

Vladimir Vasilyevich Migulin (born 10.07.1911) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).

Miller, Dayton Clarence

Dayton Clarence Miller (13.03.1866-22.02.1941) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1921).

Millikan, Robert Andrews

Robert Andrews Millikan (22.03.1868 —19.12.1953) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1915).

Millionshchikov, Mikhail Dmitriyevich

Mikhail Dmitriyevich Millionshchikov (16.01.1913-27.05.1973) was a Soviet physicist and public figure, an academician (1962; corresponding member 1953), and from 1962 a vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Minkowski, Hermann

Hermann Minkowski (22.06.1864-12.01.1909) was a German mathematician and physicist.

Mints, Alexander Lvovich

Alexander Lvovich Mints (8.01.1895-29.12.1974) was a Soviet scientist in the field of radio electronics and accelerator technology, an academician (1958; corresponding member 1946).

Mirianashvili, Matvei Mikhailovich

Matvei Mikhailovich Mirianashvili (5.10.1906-23.01.1975) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1974).

Mikhailov, Yuri Ananyevich

Yuri Ananyevich Mikhailov (born 1.01.1927) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR (1968).

Mikheev, Mikhail Nikolayevich

Mikhail Nikolayevich Mikheev (born 28.10.1905) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Moseley, Henry

Henry Moseley (23.09.1887-10.08.1915) was an English physicist and one of the founders of X-ray spectroscopy.