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Electricity and magnetism

Charges and fields, electric current, magnetism and induction, gas discharges and plasma physics.

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Fainberg, Yakov Borisovich

Yakov Borisovich Fainberg (born 7.09.1918) — Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1979).

Faraday, Michael

Michael Faraday (22.09.1791-25.08.1867) — English physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1824).

Hubbard, John

John Hubbard (27.10.1931-27.02.1980) — English theoretical physicist.

Hagen, Ernst

Ernst Hagen (31.01.1851 -15.01.1923) - German physicist.

Zernike, Frits

Frits Zernike (16.07.1888-10.03.1966) — Dutch physicist, a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1946).

Chadwick, James

James Chadwick (20.10.1891-24.07.1974) — English experimental physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1927).

Sharvin, Yuri Vasilyevich

Yuri Vasilyevich Sharvin (born 24.06.1919) — Soviet experimental physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1970).

Shafranov, Vitaly Dmitriyevich

Vitaly Dmitriyevich Shafranov (born 1.12.1929) — Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1981).

Shchodro, Nikolai Ksaveryevich

Nikolai Ksaveryevich Shchodro (18.05.1883-12.03.1940) - Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1929).

Hughes, David Edward

David Edward Hughes (16.05.1831-21.01.1900) was an English physicist and inventor and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1880).

Jacobi, Boris Semyonovich

Boris Semyonovich Jacobi (21.09.1801-27.02.1874) was a Russian physicist and electrical engineer and a member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1847).

Néel, Louis

Louis Néel (born 22.02.1904) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1953).

Neumann, Franz Ernst

Franz Ernst Neumann (11.09.1798-23.05.1895) was a German theoretical physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1858).

Nernst, Walther Friedrich Hermann

Walther Friedrich Hermann Nernst (25.06.1864 —18.02.1941) was a German physicist and physical chemist, one of the founders of physical chemistry, and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1905).

Nollet, Jean Antoine

Jean Antoine Nollet (19.02.1700-2.04.1770) was a French experimental physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1739).