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

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Shockley, William Bradford

William Bradford Shockley (born 13.02.1910) - an American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1951).

Steenbeck, Max

Max Steenbeck (born 21.03.1904) - a German physicist, a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1956), and in 1962 —64 its vice-president.

Shubnikov, Lev Vasilyevich

Lev Vasilyevich Shubnikov (29.09.1901 —1945) — a Soviet experimental physicist, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Schuster, Arthur

Arthur Schuster (12.09.1851-14.10.1934) — an English physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1879), vice-president in 1919 — 24.

Euler, Leonhard

Leonhard Euler (15.04.1707-18.09.1783) — a mathematician, mechanician and physicist.

Eichenwald, Alexander Alexandrovich

Alexander Alexandrovich Eichenwald (4.01.1864—1944) was a Russian physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1919).

Elster, Julius

Julius Elster (24.12.1854-6.04.1920) was a German experimental physicist.

Aepinus, Franz

Franz Aepinus (13.12.1724-22.08.1802) was a physicist and a member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1756).

Ørsted, Hans Christian

Hans Christian Ørsted (14.08.1777-9.03.1851) was a Danish physicist and, from 1815, permanent secretary of the Royal Danish Society.

Esaki, Leo

Leo Esaki (born 12.03.1925) is a Japanese physicist and a member of the Japan Academy (1975).

Electrical and magnetic quantities

Electrical and magnetic quantities Name Symbol Permittivity of vacuum (electric constant) ε 0 Inductance L Coefficient of self-induction L Transformation ratio n Magnetic induction B Permeability of vacuum (magnetic cons…

Units of electrical and magnetic quantities

Unit Name Symbol Russian International Ampere А A Ampere-second А·с A·s Watt Вт W Watt-hour Вт·ч W·h Weber Вб Wb Volt В V Gauss Гс Gs Henry Гн H Hertz Гц Hz Gigawatt ГВт GW Joule Дж J Kilowatt кВт kW Kilowatt-hour кВт·ч …

Landmark events in the history of physics

Year Event Scientist or inventor 5th-4th centuries BC The idea was put forward that matter has a granular structure and that the atom is the simplest and indivisible particle Democritus 3rd century BC A theory of the lev…