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Electricity and magnetism

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

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Galvani, Luigi

Luigi Galvani (9.09.1737-4.12.1798) was an Italian physicist and physiologist.

Garibian, Gregory Markarovich

Gregory Markarovich Garibian (born 13.12.1924) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1971).

Hauksbee, Francis, the Elder

Francis Hauksbee the Elder (1666-1713) was an English experimental physicist and a designer of scientific instruments, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1705).

Gauss, Carl Friedrich

Carl Friedrich Gauss (30.04.1777-23.02.1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer and physicist.

Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand Helmholtz (31.08.1821-8.09.1894) was a German natural scientist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1871).

Henry, Joseph

Joseph Henry (17.12.1797-13.05.1878) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and its president (1866 — 78).

Gerlach, Walter

Walter Gerlach (1.08.1889-10.08.1979) was a German experimental physicist and a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences (1947).

Hertz, Heinrich Rudolf

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (22.02.1857-1.01.1894) was a German physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1889).

Ginzburg, Vitaly Lazarevich

Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg (born 4.10.1916) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician (1966, corresponding member 1953).

Hittorf, Johann Wilhelm

Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (27.03.1824-28.11.1914) was a German physicist and chemist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1884).

Glashow, Sheldon Lee

Sheldon Lee Glashow (born 5.12.1932) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1977).

Goldman, Alexander Genrikhovich

Alexander Genrikhovich Goldman (3.02.1884—30.12.1971) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1929).

Goldhaber, Maurice

Maurice Goldhaber (born 18.05.1911) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1958).