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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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Bohm, David Joseph

David Joseph Bohm (born 20.12.1917) was an American theoretical physicist.

Bonner, Tom

Tom Bonner (19.X 1910 - 6.12.1961) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1959).

Bohr, Niels Henrik David

Niels Henrik David Bohr (7.10.1885 - 18.11.1962) was an outstanding Danish theoretical physicist, one of the creators of modern physics and a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (1917), of which he…

Bohr, Aage

Aage Bohr (born 19.06.1922) was a Danish theoretical physicist and a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (1955).

Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (28.1.1608 — 31.12.1679) was an Italian scientist and a member of the Accademia del Cimento in Florence.

Borisevich, Nikolai Alexandrovich

Nikolai Alexandrovich Borisevich (born 21.09.1923) was a Soviet physicist, academician (1981; corresponding member 1972), academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1969) and president of the Academy…

Born, Max

Max Born (11.12.1882 - 5.1.1970) was a German theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of the new physics.

Bothe, Walther

Walther Bothe (8.1.1891 - 8.02.1957) was a German physicist and one of the pioneers of nuclear physics.

Bravais, Auguste

Auguste Bravais (23.08.1811 - 30.03.1863) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1854).

Brazdžiūnas, Povilas

Povilas Brazdžiūnas (born 18.09.1897) was a Soviet physicist and academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (1956).

Brueckner, Keith Allan

Keith Allan Brueckner (born 19.03.1924) was an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1969).

Branly, Édouard

Édouard Branly (23.10.1844-24.03.1940) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1911).

Brattain, Walter

Walter Brattain (born 10.02.1902) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1959).

Braun, Karl Ferdinand

Karl Ferdinand Braun (6.06.1850-20.04.1918) was a German physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1914).

Breit, Gregory

Gregory Breit (born 14.07.1899) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1939).

Bridgman, Percy Williams

Percy Williams Bridgman (21.04.1882-20.08.1961) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.