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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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Pippard, Alfred Brian

Alfred Brian Pippard ( born 7.09.1920) — an English physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1956).

Pearson, Gerald

Gerald Pearson ( born 31.03.1905) - an American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Pitaevskii, Lev Petrovich

Lev Petrovich Pitaevskii ( born 18.01.1933)—a Soviet theoretical physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1976).

Planck, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (23.04.1858 —4.10.1947) — a German theoretical physicist, the founder of quantum theory, a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1894) and its permanent secretary in 1912 — 38.

Planté, Gaston

Gaston Planté (22.04.1834-21.05.1889) — a French physicist.

Plateau, Joseph Antoine Ferdinand

Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (14.10.1801 —15.10.1883) — a Belgian physicist, a member of the Belgian Academy of Sciences (1836).

Placzek, Georg

Georg Placzek (26.09.1905-11.10.1955) - a theoretical physicist.

Plücker, Julius

Julius Plücker (16.07.1801-22.05.1868) — a German mathematician and physicist.

Pniewski, Jerzy Maria

Jerzy Maria Pniewski ( born 1.06.1913)-a Polish physicist, a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1971).

Pogány, Béla

Béla Pogány (1.04.1887-23.12.1943) — a Hungarian physicist, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1931).

Poggendorff, Johann Christian

Johann Christian Poggendorff (29.12.1796—24.01.1877) — a German physicist and publisher, a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1839).

Podolsky, Boris

Boris Podolsky (29.06.1896-28.02.1966) — an American theoretical physicist.

Pozhela, Yuras Karlovich

Yuras Karlovich Pozhela ( born 5.12.1925) — a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (1968), its vice-president (from 1972).

Poynting, John Henry

John Henry Poynting (9.09.1852-30.03.1914) — an English physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1888), its vice-president in 1910—11.