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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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Becquerel, Alexandre-Edmond

Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (24.03.1820-02.05.1891) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1863), its president in 1880.

Becquerel, Antoine Henri

Antoine Henri Becquerel (15.XII.1852-25.08.1908) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1889), its president in 1908.

Becquerel, Antoine César

Antoine César Becquerel (7.03.1788-18.1.1878) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1829), its president in 1838.

Belyaev, Spartak Timofeyevich

Spartak Timofeyevich Belyaev (born 27.X.1923) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and academician (1968; corresponding member 1964).

Bennet, Abraham

Abraham Bennet (1750-1799) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1789).

Benoît, René

René Benoît (28.11.1844-4.05.1922) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1903).

Birge, Raymond Thayer

Raymond Thayer Birge (13.03.1887-22.03.1980) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1932).

Berdyev, Ata Abdurakhmanovich

Ata Abdurakhmanovich Berdyev (born 13.10.1914) is a Soviet physicist and academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Turkmen SSR (1969), its vice-president in 1967-75.

Bernal, John Desmond

John Desmond Bernal (10.05.1901-16.09.1971) was an English physicist and public figure and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1937).

Bernardini, Gilberto

Gilberto Bernardini (born 20.08.1906) is an Italian physicist and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1949).

Bernoulli, Daniel

Daniel Bernoulli (8.02.1700-17.03.1782) was a mathematician and physicist, one of the members of the famous Bernoulli dynasty.

Berzelius, Jöns Jacob

Jöns Jacob Berzelius (20.08.1779-7.08.1848) was a Swedish chemist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1808), its president from 1810 and its permanent secretary from 1818.

Bethge, Heinz

Heinz Bethge (born 15.11.1919) is a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1972).

Biot, Jean-Baptiste

Jean-Baptiste Biot (21.04.1774-3.02.1862) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1803).

Bitter, Francis

Francis Bitter (22.07.1902-26.07.1967) was an American physicist and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Blau, Marietta

Marietta Blau (29.04.1894-1970) was an Austrian physicist and a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.