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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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Chamberlain, Owen

Owen Chamberlain (born 10.07.1920) - American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1960).

Cherenkov, Pavel Alexeyevich

Pavel Alexeyevich Cherenkov (born 28.07.1904) — Soviet physicist, academician (1970; corresponding member 1964).

Chew, Geoffrey Foucar

Geoffrey Foucar Chew (born 5.06.1924) — American theoretical physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1962).

Chudakov, Alexander Evgenyevich

Alexander Evgenyevich Chudakov (born 16.06.1921) - Soviet experimental physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1966).

Chadwick, James

James Chadwick (20.10.1891-24.07.1974) — English experimental physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1927).

Ewald, Paul

Paul Ewald (born 23.01.1888) - German physicist.

Schawlow, Arthur Leonard

Arthur Leonard Schawlow (born 5.05. 1921) - American physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1970).

Shalnikov, Alexander Iosifovich

Alexander Iosifovich Shalnikov (born 10.05.1905) — Soviet experimental physicist, academician (1979, corresponding member 1946).

Shapiro, Iosif Solomonovich

Iosif Solomonovich Shapiro (born 13.11.1918) — Soviet theoretical physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Shapiro, Fedor Lvovich

Fedor Lvovich Shapiro (6.04.1915-30.01.1973) — Soviet experimental physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1968).

Sharvin, Yuri Vasilyevich

Yuri Vasilyevich Sharvin (born 24.06.1919) — Soviet experimental physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).

Charles, Jacques Alexandre César

Jacques Alexandre César Charles (12.11.1746—7.04.1823) — French physicist, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1803), and its president in 1816.

Shafranov, Vitaly Dmitriyevich

Vitaly Dmitriyevich Shafranov (born 1.12.1929) — Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1981).

Shchelkin, Kirill Ivanovich

Kirill Ivanovich Shchelkin (17.05.1911 —8.02.1968) — Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1953).

Shchodro, Nikolai Ksaveryevich

Nikolai Ksaveryevich Shchodro (18.05.1883-12.03.1940) - Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1929).

Ewing, James Alfred

James Alfred Ewing (27.03.1855-7.01.1935) — Scottish physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and its president in 1924 — 29.

Eddington, Arthur Stanley

Arthur Stanley Eddington (28.12.1882—22.02.1944) — English astrophysicist and physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1914).

Edison, Thomas Alva

Thomas Alva Edison (11.11 1847-18.X 1931) — American inventor, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1927).

Edlund, Erik

Erik Edlund (14.03.1819-19.03.1888) was a Swedish physicist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.