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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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Morse, Philip McCord

Philip McCord Morse (born 6.08.1903) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1955).

Moskalenko, Vsevolod Anatolyevich

Vsevolod Anatolyevich Moskalenko (born 26.09.1928) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR (1976).

Mott, Nevill Francis

Nevill Francis Mott (born 30.09.1905) is an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1936).

Mottelson, Ben

Ben Mottelson (born 9.07.1926) is a Danish theoretical physicist and a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Mysovsky, Lev Vladimirovich

Lev Vladimirovich Mysovsky (18.02.1888-29.08.1939) was a Soviet physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Nagaoka, Hantaro

Hantaro Nagaoka (18.08.1865-11.12.1950) was a Japanese physicist and a member of the Japan Academy, of which he was president in 1939 — 48.

Nadjakov, Georgi Stefanov

Georgi Stefanov Nadjakov (8.01.1897 -24.02.1981) was a Bulgarian physicist, a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1945) and its vice-president in 1945 — 58.

Nambu, Yoichiro

Yoichiro Nambu (born 18.01.1921) is a Japanese theoretical physicist.

Natanson, Władysław

Władysław Natanson (18.06.1864-26.02.1937) was a Polish theoretical physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1900).

Naumov, Alexei Alexandrovich

Alexei Alexandrovich Naumov (born 27.01.1916) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1964).

Obreimov, Ivan Vasilyevich

Ivan Vasilyevich Obreimov (8.03.1894—2.12.981) was a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician (1958; corresponding member 1933).

Auger, Pierre Victor

Pierre Victor Auger (born 14.05.1899) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1977).

Okubo, Susumu

Susumu Okubo (born 22.02.1930) is a Japanese theoretical physicist.

Okun, Lev Borisovich

Lev Borisovich Okun (born 7.07.1929) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1966).

Oliphant, Marcus Laurence Elwin

Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant (born 8.10.1901) is an Australian physicist and a member of the Australian Academy of Science, of which he was president in 1954 — 57.