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Electricity and magnetism

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

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Plücker, Julius

Julius Plücker (16.07.1801-22.05.1868) — a German mathematician and physicist.

Poggendorff, Johann Christian

Johann Christian Poggendorff (29.12.1796—24.01.1877) — a German physicist and publisher, a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1839).

Pozhela, Yuras Karlovich

Yuras Karlovich Pozhela ( born 5.12.1925) — a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR (1968), its vice-president (from 1972).

Poynting, John Henry

John Henry Poynting (9.09.1852-30.03.1914) — an English physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1888), its vice-president in 1910—11.

Pohl, Robert Wichard

Robert Wichard Pohl (10.08.1884-5.06.1976) — German experimental physicist, member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.

Popov, Alexander Stepanovich

Alexander Stepanovich Popov (16.03.1859 — 13.01.1906) — Russian physicist and electrical engineer, inventor of radio.

Post, Richard Freeman

Richard Freeman Post ( born 14.11. 1918) - American physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Priestley, Joseph

Joseph Priestley (13.03.1733-6.02.1804) — English chemist, physicist and materialist philosopher, Fellow of the Royal Society (1767).

Poisson, Siméon Denis

Siméon Denis Poisson (21.06.1781-25.06.1840) — French mechanician, mathematician and physicist, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1812).

Pouillet, Claude Servais Mathias

Claude Servais Mathias Pouillet (16.02.1790— 14.06.1868) — French physicist, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1837).

Sachs, Robert Green

Robert Green Sachs (born 4.05.1916) — American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1971).

Salam, Abdus

Abdus Salam (born 29.01.1926) — theoretical physicist.

Siemens, Ernst Werner

Ernst Werner Siemens (13.12.1816-6.12.1892) — a German physicist, electrical engineer and entrepreneur, a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1874).

Sinelnikov, Kirill Dmitriyevich

Kirill Dmitriyevich Sinelnikov (29.05.1901 — 16.10.1966) — a Soviet experimental physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1948).

Sirota, Nikolai Nikolayevich

Nikolai Nikolayevich Sirota (born 2.11.1913) — a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1956).

Smolensky, Georgy Anatolyevich

Georgy Anatolyevich Smolensky (born 23.06.1910) — a Soviet physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 1970).

Spitzer, Lyman

Lyman Spitzer ( born 26.06.1914) is an American astrophysicist and physicist, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1952).

Starodubtsev, Sergei Vasilyevich

Sergei Vasilyevich Starodubtsev (24.10.1914—19.03.1967) was a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1956), and its vice-president (from 1956).