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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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Polvani, Giovanni

Giovanni Polvani (17.12.1892-11.08.1970) — an Italian physicist, a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1948).

Pauling, Linus Carl

Linus Carl Pauling ( born 28.02.1901) - an American chemist and physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1933).

Pohl, Robert Wichard

Robert Wichard Pohl (10.08.1884-5.06.1976) — German experimental physicist, member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.

Pomeranchuk, Isaak Yakovlevich

Isaak Yakovlevich Pomeranchuk (20.05.1913 —14.03.1966)—Soviet theoretical physicist, academician (1964; corresponding member 1953).

Pontecorvo, Bruno Maximovich

Bruno Maximovich Pontecorvo (born 22.08.1913) — Soviet physicist, academician (1964, corresponding member 1958).

Popov, Alexander Stepanovich

Alexander Stepanovich Popov (16.03.1859 — 13.01.1906) — Russian physicist and electrical engineer, inventor of radio.

Post, Richard Freeman

Richard Freeman Post ( born 14.11. 1918) - American physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Prévost, Pierre

Pierre Prévost (3.03.1751 -8.04.1839) - Swiss physicist, philosopher and man of letters.

Predvoditelev, Alexander Savvich

Alexander Savvich Predvoditelev (11.09.1891-27.12.1973) - Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1939).

Prigogine, Ilya

Ilya Prigogine (Ilya Romanovich) ( born 25.01.1917) — Belgian physicist and physical chemist, one of the founders of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, member of the Belgian Academy of Sciences (1953), its president in 1969…

Priestley, Joseph

Joseph Priestley (13.03.1733-6.02.1804) — English chemist, physicist and materialist philosopher, Fellow of the Royal Society (1767).

Prikhodko, Antonina Fedorovna

Antonina Fedorovna Prikhodko ( born 26.04.1906) — Soviet experimental physicist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1964).

Proca, Alexandru

Alexandru Proca (16.10.1897-13.12.1955) — Romanian theoretical physicist.

Procopiu, Ștefan

Ștefan Procopiu (19.01.1890-22.08.1972) — Romanian physicist, member of the Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1955).

Prokoshkin, Yuri Dmitriyevich

Yuri Dmitriyevich Prokoshkin ( born 19.12.1929) — Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).

Prokhorov, Alexander Mikhailovich

Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born 11.08.1916) — Soviet physicist, one of the founders of quantum electronics, academician (1966; corresponding member 1960).