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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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Brillouin, Marcel

Marcel Brillouin (19.12.1854-16.06.1948) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1921).

Broglie, Louis de

Louis de Broglie (born 15.07.1892) is a French theoretical physicist, one of the creators of quantum mechanics, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1933) and its permanent secretary in 1942 — 75.

Broglie, Maurice de

Maurice de Broglie (27.04.1875-14.07.1960) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1924).

Bruno, Giordano

Giordano Bruno (1548-17.02.1600) was an Italian thinker, a fighter against scholasticism and theology and an active supporter of the teaching of N.

Bragg, William Henry

William Henry Bragg (2.06.1862-12.03.1942) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1907), and its president in 1935—40.

Bragg, William Lawrence

William Lawrence Bragg (31.03.1890-1.07.1971) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1921).

Brewster, David

David Brewster (11.12.1781-10.02.1868) was a Scottish physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1815) and president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1864).

Bouguer, Pierre

Pierre Bouguer (16.02.1698-15.08.1758) was a French scientist, one of the founders of photometry and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1735).

Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (31.03.1811 -16.08.1899) was a German chemist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1846).

Bunkin, Fyodor Vasilyevich

Fyodor Vasilyevich Bunkin (born 17.1.1929) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1976).

Burhop, Eric

Eric Burhop (31.1.1911-22.1.1980) was an English physicist and public figure and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1963).

Bjorken, James

James Bjorken (born 22.06.1934) - American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Bjerknes, Vilhelm Friman Koren

Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes (14.03.1862—9.04.1951) — Norwegian physicist and geophysicist, a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Bacher, Robert Fox

Robert Fox Bacher (born 31.08.1905) - American experimental physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1947).