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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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Nichols, Ernest Fox

Ernest Fox Nichols (1.06.1869-29.04.1924) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1908).

Nicholson, William

William Nicholson (1753-21.05.1815) was an English physicist, chemist and engineer.

Nier, Alfred

Alfred Nier (born 28.05.1911) is an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1950).

Nishina, Yoshio

Yoshio Nishina (6.12.1890-10.01.1951) was a Japanese physicist and a member of the Japan Academy (1948).

Nollet, Jean Antoine

Jean Antoine Nollet (19.02.1700-2.04.1770) was a French experimental physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1739).

Newton, Isaac

Isaac Newton (4.01.1643-31.03.1727) was an outstanding English scientist who laid the foundations of modern natural science, the creator of classical physics, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1672) and its president (from …

Ramsden, Jesse

Jesse Ramsden (6.10.1735-5.11.1800) was an English mechanic and optician, a well-known maker of physical instruments, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1786).

Rankine, William John Macquorn

William John Macquorn Rankine (5.07.1820-24.11.1872) was a Scottish engineer and physicist, one of the creators of technical thermodynamics, and a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Edinburgh (1850) and London (1853).

Rautian, Sergei Glebovich

Sergei Glebovich Rautian (born 18.12.1928) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Rebane, Karl Karlovich

Karl Karlovich Rebane (born 11.04.1926) is a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR (1967) and its president (from 1973), and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Science…

Regge, Tullio

Tullio Regge (born 11.07.1931) is an Italian theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1972).

Rutherford, Ernest

Ernest Rutherford (30.08.1871-19.10.1937) — an English physicist, the founder of nuclear physics, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1903) and its president in 1925-30.

Reynolds, Osborne

Osborne Reynolds (23.08.1842- 21.02.1912) was an English physicist and engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1877).

Reines, Frederick

Frederick Reines (born 16.03. 1918) is an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Rainwater, James

James Rainwater (born 9.12.1917) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1968).