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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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Bleaney, Brebis

Brebis Bleaney (born 6.06.1915) is an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1950).

Bloembergen, Nicolaas

Nicolaas Bloembergen (born 11.03.1920) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1960).

Blondel, André

André Blondel (28.08.1863-15.11.1938) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1913).

Blondlot, René Prosper

René Prosper Blondlot (3.07.1849 — 24.11.1930) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1894).

Bloch, Felix

Felix Bloch (born 23.10.1905) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1948).

Blokhintsev, Dmitri Ivanovich

Dmitri Ivanovich Blokhintsev (11.01.1908 — 27.01.1979) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1958) and of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1939).

Black, Joseph

Joseph Black (16.04.1728-6.12.1799) was a Scottish chemist and physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783).

Blackett, Patrick Maynard Stuart

Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (18.11.1897—13.07.1974) was an English physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1933) and its president (1965—70).

Bogdanov, Sergei Vasilyevich

Sergei Vasilyevich Bogdanov (born 2.08.1921) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Bogoliubov, Nikolai Nikolayevich

Nikolai Nikolayevich Bogoliubov (born 21.08.1909) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and mathematician, an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1953; corresponding member 1946) and an academician of the Academy of…

Bose, Jagadish Chandra

Jagadish Chandra Bose (30.11.1858-23.11.1937) was an Indian physicist and physiologist and one of the founders of biophysics.

Bozorth, Richard Milton

Richard Milton Bozorth (10.04.1896-24.01.1981) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Boyko, Boris Borisovich

Boris Borisovich Boyko (born 6.08.1923) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1974).

Boyle, Robert

Robert Boyle (25.01.1627-30.12.1691) was an English chemist, physicist and philosopher and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1663).

Boys, Charles Vernon

Charles Vernon Boys (15.03.1855 - 30.03.1944) was an English experimental physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1888).

Bokut, Boris Vasilyevich

Boris Vasilyevich Bokut (born 27.10.1926) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1980).

Boltwood, Bertram Borden

Bertram Borden Boltwood (27.07.1870-15.08.1927) was an American chemist and physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1911).

Boltzmann, Ludwig

Ludwig Boltzmann (20.02.1844 - 5.09.1906) was an Austrian theoretical physicist, one of the founders of classical statistical physics and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1895).