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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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Rochester, George Dixon

George Dixon Rochester (born 4.02.1908) is an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1958).

Ruark, Arthur Edward

Arthur Edward Ruark (9.11. 1899-1.05.1978) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Rubens, Heinrich

Heinrich Rubens (30.03 1865-17.07.1922) was a German experimental physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1907).

Rubinowicz, Wojciech

Wojciech Rubinowicz (22.02.1889-13.10. 1974) was a Polish theoretical physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1952).

Rumford (Thompson), Benjamin

Benjamin Rumford (Thompson) (26.03.1753—21.08.1814) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1779).

Runge, Carl David

Carl David Runge (30.08.1856-3.01.1927) was a German physicist and mathematician.

Rytov, Sergei Mikhailovich

Sergei Mikhailovich Rytov (born 03.08.1908) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1968).

Rayleigh (Strutt), John William

John William Rayleigh (Strutt) (12.11.1842 —30.06.1919) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1873), its president in 1905–08.

Ryutov, Dmitri Dmitriyevich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Ryutov (born 6.03.1940) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1976).

Ryazin, Petr Alexandrovich

Petr Alexandrovich Ryazin (born 20.10.1906) is a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kirghiz SSR (1960) and its vice-president in 1960–65.

Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann

Wolfgang Kurt Hermann Panofsky (born 24.04.1919) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1954).

Papaleksi, Nikolai Dmitriyevich

Nikolai Dmitriyevich Papaleksi (2.12.1880—03.02.1947) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1939; corresponding member 1931).

Papin, Denis

Denis Papin (22.08.1647-1712) was a physicist and engineer, one of the inventors of the steam engine, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1680) and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences.

Parasyuk, Ostap Stepanovich

Ostap Stepanovich Parasyuk (born 20.12.1921) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1964).

Purcell, Edward Mills

Edward Mills Purcell (born 30.08.1912) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1951).

Pasechnik, Mitrofan Vasilyevich

Mitrofan Vasilyevich Pasechnik (born 17.06.1912) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1961).

Pascal, Blaise

Blaise Pascal (19.06.1623-19.08.1662) was a French mathematician, physicist and philosopher.

Patel, Kumar

Kumar Patel (born 2.07.1938) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Pauli, Wolfgang

Wolfgang Pauli (25.04.1900-14.12.1958) — theoretical physicist.