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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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FitzGerald, George Francis

George Francis FitzGerald (3.08.1851-21.02.1901) - an Irish physicist, a member of the Royal Irish Academy and its secretary in 1881—89.

Fitch, Val Logsdon

Val Logsdon Fitch ( born 10.03.1923) - an American experimental physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1966).

Fleming, John Ambrose

John Ambrose Fleming (29.02.1849-18.04.1945) — an English physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1892).

Flerov, Georgy Nikolayevich

Georgy Nikolayevich Flerov (born 2.03.1913) was a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician (1968; corresponding member 1953).

Voigt, Woldemar

Woldemar Voigt (2.09.1850-13.12.1919) was a German theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1900).

Fock, Vladimir Alexandrovich

Vladimir Alexandrovich Fock (22.12.1898-27.12.1974) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician (1939; corresponding member 1932).

Fokker, Adriaan Daniel

Adriaan Daniel Fokker (17.08.1887—1972) was a Dutch physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Forbes, James David

James David Forbes (20.04.1809-31.12.1868) was a Scottish physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1829), and its secretary in 1840 — 51.

Fradkin, Efim Samoilovich

Efim Samoilovich Fradkin (born 24.02.1924) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).

Franck, James

James Franck (26.07.1882-21.05.1964) was a German physicist.

Frank, Ilya Mikhailovich

Ilya Mikhailovich Frank (born 23.10.1908) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1968; corresponding member 1946).

Frank-Kamenetsky, David Albertovich

David Albertovich Frank-Kamenetsky (03.08.1910-2.06.1970) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Franklin, Benjamin

Benjamin Franklin (17.01.1706 - 17.04.1790) was an American physicist and a political and public figure.

Fröhlich, Herbert

Herbert Fröhlich (born 9.12.1905) is an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1951).

Fresnel, Augustin Jean

Augustin Jean Fresnel (10.05.1788-14.07.1827) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1823).

Frenkel, Yakov Ilyich

Yakov Ilyich Frenkel (10.02.1894-23.01.1952) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1929).

Friedrich, Walter

Walter Friedrich (25.12.1883-16.10.1968) was a German physicist and biophysicist, a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1949) and its president in 1951-56.

Frisch, Otto Robert

Otto Robert Frisch (1.10.1904-22.09.1979) was an English experimental physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1948).