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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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Schiff, Leonard Isaac

Leonard Isaac Schiff (29.03.1915-1971) was an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1957).

Shockley, William Bradford

William Bradford Shockley (born 13.02.1910) - an American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1951).

Shpolsky, Eduard Vladimirovich

Eduard Vladimirovich Shpolsky (23.09.1892-21.08.1975) - a Soviet physicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1933).

Schrödinger, Erwin

Erwin Schrödinger (12.08.1887-4.01.1961) — an Austrian theoretical physicist, one of the creators of quantum mechanics.

Schrieffer, John Robert

John Robert Schrieffer (born 31.05.1931) - an American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1971).

Stark, Johannes

Johannes Stark (15.04.1874-21.06.1957) — a German physicist, a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.

Steenbeck, Max

Max Steenbeck (born 21.03.1904) - a German physicist, a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1956), and in 1962 —64 its vice-president.

Steinberger, Jack

Jack Steinberger (born 25.05.1921) - an American experimental physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1966).

Stern, Otto

Otto Stern (17.02.1888-17.08.1969) - a German experimental physicist.

Strassmann, Fritz

Fritz Strassmann (22.02.1902-24.04.1980) — a German chemist and physicist.

Shubin, Semyon Petrovich

Semyon Petrovich Shubin (31.07.1908 — 28.02.1938) — a Soviet theoretical physicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1935).

Shubnikov, Alexei Vasilyevich

Alexei Vasilyevich Shubnikov (29.03.1887-27.04.1970) - a Soviet physicist and crystallographer, academician (1953; corresponding member 1933).

Shubnikov, Lev Vasilyevich

Lev Vasilyevich Shubnikov (29.09.1901 —1945) — a Soviet experimental physicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Shur, Yakov Savelyevich

Yakov Savelyevich Shur (born 20.04.1908) - a Soviet physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).

Schuster, Arthur

Arthur Schuster (12.09.1851-14.10.1934) — an English physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1879), vice-president in 1919 — 24.

Euler, Leonhard

Leonhard Euler (15.04.1707-18.09.1783) — a mathematician, mechanician and physicist.

Einstein, Albert

Albert Einstein (14.03.1879-18.04.1955) was an outstanding theoretical physicist and one of the founders of modern physics.

Eichenwald, Alexander Alexandrovich

Alexander Alexandrovich Eichenwald (4.01.1864—1944) was a Russian physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1919).