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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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Białobrzeski, Czesław

Czesław Białobrzeski (31.08.1878-12.10.1953) — Polish physicist, a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1952).

Vavilov, Sergei Ivanovich

Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov (24.03.1891—25.01.1951) — Soviet physicist and public figure, academician (1932; corresponding member 1931), President of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 1945).

Wagner, Carl Wilhelm

Carl Wilhelm Wagner (25.05.1901 -10.12.1977) — German physicist and physical chemist, a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.

Weinberg, Steven

Steven Weinberg (born 3.05.1933) - American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1972).

Weinberg, Alvin Martin

Alvin Martin Weinberg (born 20.04.1915) — American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1961).

Vainshtein, Boris Konstantinovich

Boris Konstantinovich Vainshtein (born 10.08.1921) — Soviet physicist and crystallographer, academician (1976, corresponding member 1962).

Weisskopf, Victor Frederick

Victor Frederick Weisskopf (born 19.09.1908) — American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1952).

Wightman, Arthur Strong

Arthur Strong Wightman (born 30.03.1922) - American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Waller, Ivar

Ivar Waller (born 11.06.1898) - Swedish theoretical physicist, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Walter, Alexander Filippovich

Alexander Filippovich Walter (20.05.1898 —1941) — Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1933).

Walter, Anton Karlovich

Anton Karlovich Walter (24.12.1905—13.08.1965) — Soviet physicist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1951).

Van Allen, James Alfred

James Alfred Van Allen (born 7.09.1914) — American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1959).

Van den Broek, Antonius

Antonius van den Broek (4.05.1870-25.10.1926) — Dutch lawyer and physicist, a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1923).

Van der Waals, Johannes Diderik

Johannes Diderik van der Waals (23.11.1837-9.03.1923) - Dutch physicist, a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Van Marum, Martinus

Martinus van Marum (20.03.1750-26.12.1837) was a Dutch physicist and botanist.

Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (13.03.1889-27.10.1980) was an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1935).

Van Hove, Léon

Léon Van Hove (born 10.02.1924) is a Belgian theoretical physicist and a member of the Belgian Academy of Sciences.

Van 't Hoff, Jacobus Henricus

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (30.08.1852—1.03.1911) was a Dutch physical chemist and one of the founders of physical chemistry and stereochemistry.