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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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Olszewski, Karol

Karol Olszewski (29.01.1846-24.03.1915) was a Polish physicist and chemist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1888).

Ohm, Georg Simon

Georg Simon Ohm (16.03.1787-6.07.1854) was a German physicist, a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1839).

Onsager, Lars

Lars Onsager (27.02.1903-5.10.1976) was an American chemist and physicist, one of the creators of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1947).

Oppenheimer, Robert

Robert Oppenheimer (22.04.1904-20.02.1967) was an American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1941).

Osipyan, Yuri Andreyevich

Yuri Andreyevich Osipyan (born 15.02.1931) is a Soviet physicist, an academician (1981, corresponding member 1972).

Ostwald, Wilhelm Friedrich

Wilhelm Friedrich Ostwald (2.09.1853 —4.04.1932) was a German physical chemist and idealist philosopher, a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1905).

Ostrogradsky, Mikhail Vasilyevich

Mikhail Vasilyevich Ostrogradsky (24.09.1801-1.01.1862) was a Russian mathematician and mechanician, a member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1830).

Pavlovsky, Alexander Ivanovich

Alexander Ivanovich Pavlovsky (born 27. 06.1927) is a Soviet experimental physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Peierls, Rudolf Ernst

Rudolf Ernst Peierls (born 5.06.1907) is an English theoretical physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1945).

Pines, David

David Pines (born 8.06.1924) is an American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1973).

Pais, Abraham

Abraham Pais (born 19.05.1918) is an American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1962).

Pál, Lénárd

Lénárd Pál (born 7.02.1925) is a Hungarian physicist, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1974).

Palacios, Julio Martínez

Julio Martínez Palacios (12.04.1891—21.02.1970) was a Spanish physicist, a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences and from 1966 its president.

Paneth, Friedrich Adolf

Friedrich Adolf Paneth (31.08.1887—17.09.1958) was an Austrian radiochemist and chemist, one of the pioneers of radiochemistry.

Rabi, Isidor Isaac

Isidor Isaac Rabi (born 29.07.1898) is an American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1940).

Radautsan, Sergei Ivanovich

Sergei Ivanovich Radautsan (born 17.06.1926) — a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR (1972).

Rasetti, Franco Dino

Franco Dino Rasetti (born 10.08. 1901) —an Italian experimental physicist and palaeontologist, a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1937).

Racah, Giulio

Giulio Racah (9.02.1909 - 28.08.1965) was an Italian theoretical physicist.

Raman, Chandrasekhara Venkata

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (7.02.1888 — 21.11.1970) was an Indian physicist, a member of the Indian Academy of Sciences, its founder and president (from 1934).

Ramachandran, Gopalasamudram

Gopalasamudram Ramachandran (born 8.10.1922) is an Indian physicist and biophysicist, a member of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1950), its vice-president in 1962 — 64.