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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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Serber, Robert

Robert Serber (born 14.03.1909) — an American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1952).

Seaborg, Glenn Theodore

Glenn Theodore Seaborg (born 19.04.1912) — an American chemist and physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1948).

Siegbahn, Kai

Kai Siegbahn (born 20.04.1918) — a Swedish experimental physicist, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Siegbahn, Manne Karl Georg

Manne Karl Georg Siegbahn (3.12.1886—26.09.1978) — a Swedish experimental physicist, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1922).

Sidorov, Veniamin Alexandrovich

Veniamin Alexandrovich Sidorov (born 19.10.1930) — a Soviet physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1968).

Siemens, Ernst Werner

Ernst Werner Siemens (13.12.1816-6.12.1892) — a German physicist, electrical engineer and entrepreneur, a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1874).

Synge, John Lighton

John Lighton Synge (born 23.03.1897) — an Irish theoretical physicist and mathematician, a member of the Royal Irish Academy and its president in 1961—64.

Sinelnikov, Kirill Dmitriyevich

Kirill Dmitriyevich Sinelnikov (29.05.1901 — 16.10.1966) — a Soviet experimental physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1948).

Sirota, Nikolai Nikolayevich

Nikolai Nikolayevich Sirota (born 2.11.1913) — a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1956).

Skłodowska-Curie, Maria

Maria Skłodowska-Curie (7.11.1867—4.07.1934) — a Polish and French physicist and chemist, one of the founders of the study of radioactivity.

Skobeltsyn, Dmitri Vladimirovich

Dmitri Vladimirovich Skobeltsyn (born 24.02.1892) — a Soviet physicist and public figure, an academician (1946; corresponding member 1939).

Slater, John Clarke

John Clarke Slater (22.12.1900-25.07.1976) — an American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1932).

Smekal, Adolf

Adolf Smekal (12.12.1895-7.03.1959) — an Austrian theoretical physicist.

Smirnov, Adrian Anatolyevich

Adrian Anatolyevich Smirnov (born 16.02.1908) — a Soviet theoretical physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1967), vice-president (1970-74).

Smolensky, Georgy Anatolyevich

Georgy Anatolyevich Smolensky (born 23.06.1910) — a Soviet physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 1970).

Snyder, Hartland

Hartland Snyder (1913 -22.05.1962) was an American theoretical physicist.

Snell, Arthur

Arthur Snell ( born 10.03.1909) is an American experimental physicist.