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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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Righi, Augusto

Augusto Righi (27.08.1850-8.06.1921) was an Italian physicist and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1898).

Rydberg, Johannes Robert

Johannes Robert Rydberg (8.11.1854 —28.12.1919) was a Swedish physicist and mathematician and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1919).

Rydberg, Erik Gustav

Erik Gustav Rydberg (17.11.1902-2.01.1980) was a Swedish physicist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and in 1959 —72 its secretary.

Ritter, Johann Wilhelm

Johann Wilhelm Ritter (16.12.1776—23.01.1810) was a German physicist and chemist and a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (1804).

Ritz, Walther

Walther Ritz (22.02.1878-7.07.1909) was a Swiss theoretical physicist and mathematician.

Richmann, Georg Wilhelm

Georg Wilhelm Richmann (22.07.1711 — 6.08.1753) was a Russian physicist and an academician (1741).

Richter, Burton

Burton Richter (born 22.03.1931) is an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1977).

Richardson, Owen Willans

Owen Willans Richardson (26.04.1879—15.02.1959) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1913).

Rozhansky, Dmitri Apollinarievich

Dmitri Apollinarievich Rozhansky (1.09.1882-27.09.1936) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1933).

Rosenbluth, Marshall Nicholas

Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth (born 5.02.1927) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1969).

Rosenfeld, Léon

Léon Rosenfeld (14. 08.1904-5.04.1974) was a Belgian theoretical physicist.

Rosing, Boris Lvovich

Boris Lvovich Rosing (5.05.1869-20.04.1933) was a Soviet physicist and inventor and the founder of electronic television.

Rompe, Robert

Robert Rompe (born 10.09.1905) is a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1953).

Ronchi, Vasco

Vasco Ronchi (born 19.12.1897) is an Italian physicist.

Rossi, Bruno

Bruno Rossi (born 13. 04. 1905) is an Italian physicist and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1959).

Rowland, Henry

Henry Rowland (27.11.1848-16.04.1901) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.