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Electricity and magnetism

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

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Hopkinson, John

John Hopkinson (27.07.1849-27.03.1898) was an English physicist and engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1877).

Gorter, Cornelis Jacobus

Cornelis Jacobus Gorter (14.08.1907-30.03.1980) was a Dutch physicist, a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1946) and its president in 1960 — 66.

Gorkov, Lev Petrovich

Lev Petrovich Gorkov (born 14.06.1929) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1966).

Gray, Stephen

Stephen Gray (1666-15.02.1736) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1732).

Grinberg, Georgy Abramovich

Georgy Abramovich Grinberg (born 16.06.1900) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946).

Gulyaev, Yuri Vasilyevich

Yuri Vasilyevich Gulyaev (born 18.09.1935) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Guye, Charles

Charles Guye (15.10.1866-15.07.1942) was a Swiss experimental physicist.

D’Arsonval, Jacques-Arsène

Jacques-Arsène D’Arsonval (8.06.1851-31.12.1940) was a French physicist and physiologist, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1894) and its president in 1917.

Desaguliers, John Theophilus

John Theophilus Desaguliers (12.03.1683-29.02.1744) was an English natural philosopher and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1714).

Deprez, Marcel

Marcel Deprez (29.12.1843- 16.10.1918) was a French physicist and engineer and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1886).

Joule, James Prescott

Joule, James Prescott (24.12.1818–11.10.1889) was an English physicist, one of the discoverers of the law of conservation of energy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1850).

Dzyaloshinskii, Igor Ekhielyevich

Dzyaloshinskii, Igor Ekhielyevich (born 1.02.1931) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1974).

Diviš, Prokop

Diviš, Prokop (26.03.1698–21.12.1765) was a Czech physicist.

Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice

Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice (born 8.08.1902) is an English theoretical physicist, one of the creators of quantum mechanics, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1930).

Dorfman, Yakov Grigoryevich

Dorfman, Yakov Grigoryevich (7.04.1898–5.02.1974) was a Soviet physicist and a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences (1934).

Drude, Paul Karl Ludwig

Drude, Paul Karl Ludwig (12.07.1863–5.07.1906) was a German physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1905).

Davy, Humphry

Humphry Davy (17.12.1778-29.05.1829) was an English chemist and physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1803) and its president in 1820—27.

Du Fay, Charles François

Charles François Du Fay (14.09.1698-16.07.1739) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1723).