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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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Pound, Robert Vivian

Robert Vivian Pound (born 16.05.1919) is an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1961).

Pacinotti, Antonio

Antonio Pacinotti (17.06.1841-24.03.1912) was an Italian physicist and inventor and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1898).

Paschen, Friedrich

Friedrich Paschen (22.01.1865-25.02.1947) was a German experimental physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1925).

Pegram, George

George Pegram (24.10.1876-12.08.1958) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Pekar, Solomon Isaakovich

Solomon Isaakovich Pekar (born 16.03.1917) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1961).

Piekara, Arkadiusz Henryk

Arkadiusz Henryk Piekara (born 12.01.1904) is a Polish experimental physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Penzias, Arno Allan

Arno Allan Penzias (born 26.04.1933) is an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1975).

Penrose, Roger

Roger Penrose (born 8.03.1931) is an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1972).

Pieńkowski, Stefan

Stefan Pieńkowski (28.07.1883-20.02.1953) was a Polish experimental physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Perel, Vladimir Idelevich

Vladimir Idelevich Perel (born 24.08.1928) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1981).

Perot, Alfred

Alfred Perot (3.02.1863-28.02.1925) was a French physicist.

Perrin, Jean Baptiste

Jean Baptiste Perrin (30.09.1870-17.04.1942) — French physicist and physical chemist, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1923) and its president in 1936.

Perrin, Francis

Francis Perrin (17.03.1901-27.07.1979) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1953).

Petržílka, Václav

Václav Petržílka (20.03.1905-9.07.1976) was a Czechoslovak experimental physicist and a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, of which he was vice-president in 1956 — 59.

Petrov, Alexei Zinovyevich

Alexei Zinovyevich Petrov (28.10.1910-9.05.1972) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1969).

Petrov, Vasily Vladimirovich

Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov (19.07.1761 - 3.08.1834) was a Russian physicist and electrical engineer and an academician (1815; corresponding member 1802).

Petzval, József

József Petzval (6.01.1807-17.09.1891) was an Austrian physicist and mathematician and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1849).