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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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Ramsay, William

William Ramsay (2.10.1852-23.07.1916) was an English chemist and physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1888).

Ramsauer, Carl

Carl Ramsauer (6.02.1879-24.12.1955) was a German physicist.

Ramsey, Norman Foster

Norman Foster Ramsey (born 27.08.1915) — an American experimental physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1952).

Savart, Félix

Félix Savart (30.06.1791-16.03.1841) — a French physicist, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1827).

Sauveur, Joseph

Joseph Sauveur (24.03.1653-9.07.1716) —a French scientist, the founder of musical acoustics, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1696).

Savić, Pavle

Pavle Savić (born 10.01.1909) - a Yugoslav physicist and chemist, member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, and from 1971 president of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Sagdeev, Roald Zinnurovich

Roald Zinnurovich Sagdeev (born 26.12.1932) — a Soviet physicist, academician (1968, corresponding member 1964).

Tavkhelidze, Albert Nikiforovich

Albert Nikiforovich Tavkhelidze (born 16.12.1930) — a Soviet theoretical physicist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1974).

Takibaev, Zhabaga Suleimanovich

Zhabaga Suleimanovich Takibaev (born 28.09. 1919) — a Soviet physicist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1958), and in 1961 -71 its vice-president.

Tamm, Igor Evgenyevich

Igor Evgenyevich Tamm (8.07.1895-12.04.1971) —a Soviet theoretical physicist, academician (1953; corresponding member 1933).

Townes, Charles Hard

Charles Hard Townes (born 28.07.1915)-an American physicist, one of the founders of quantum electronics, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1956).

Townsend, John Sealy Edward

John Sealy Edward Townsend (7.06.1868 — 16.02.1957) — an English physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1903).

Taylor, Geoffrey Ingram

Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (7.03.1886—27.06. 1975) — an English physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1919).

Watt, James

James Watt (19.01. 1736-19.08.1819) —a Scottish inventor, the creator of the universal steam engine, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1784).

Wheeler, John Archibald

John Archibald Wheeler (born 9.07.1911)-an American theoretical physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1952).

Wilkinson, Denys Haigh

Denys Haigh Wilkinson (born 5.09.1922) — an English physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1956).

Wheatstone, Charles

Charles Wheatstone (6.02.1802-19.10.1875)-an English physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society.

Uhlenbeck, George Eugene

George Eugene Uhlenbeck (born 6.02.1900) — an American theoretical physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1955).

Uhlmann, Armin

Armin Uhlmann (born 19.02.1930) - a German theoretical physicist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1972).