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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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Frisch, Sergei Eduardovich

Sergei Eduardovich Frisch (19.06.1899-19.02.1977) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946).

Foucault, Jean Bernard Léon

Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (18.09.1819-11.02.1868) was a French experimental physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1865).

Fuchs, Klaus

Klaus Fuchs (born 29.12.1911) is a German theoretical physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1972).

Fursov, Vasily Stepanovich

Vasily Stepanovich Fursov (born 14.01.1910) is a Soviet physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph

Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (21.03.1768 —16.05.1830) was a French mathematician and physicist, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1817) and from 1822 its secretary.

Fairbank, William Martin

William Martin Fairbank (born 24.02.1917) is an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1963).

Hanle, Wilhelm

Wilhelm Hanle (born 13.01.1901) is a German experimental physicist.

Hansen, William Webster

William Webster Hansen (27.05.1909-23.05.1949) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1949).

Khariton, Yuli Borisovich

Yuli Borisovich Khariton (born 27.02.1904) is a Soviet physicist and physical chemist, an academician (1953; corresponding member 1946).

Harkins, William Draper

William Draper Harkins (28.12.1873 — 7.03.1951) was an American physicist and chemist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Hartree, Douglas Rayner

Douglas Rayner Hartree (27.03.1897-12.02.1958) was an English theoretical physicist and mathematician and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1932).

Houston, William

William Houston (19.01.1900-22.07.1968) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1943).

Khvolson, Orest Danilovich

Orest Danilovich Khvolson (4.12.1852—11.05.1934) was a Soviet physicist, an honorary academician (1920) and a corresponding member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1895).

Hevesy, George de

George de Hevesy (1.08.1885-6.07.1966) was a chemist, physicist and radiobiologist.

Heaviside, Oliver

Oliver Heaviside (18.05.1850-03.02.1925) was an English physicist and mathematician and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1891).

Herring, Conyers

Conyers Herring (born 15.11.1914) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1968).

Hovi, Väinö Toivo

Väinö Toivo Hovi (born 29.09.1913) is a Finnish physicist and a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (1960).

Hawking, Stephen William

Stephen William Hawking (born 8.01.1942) is an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1974).