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

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Eremenko, Viktor Valentinovich

Viktor Valentinovich Eremenko (born 26.07.1932) is an experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1978).

Zavoisky, Evgeny Konstantinovich

Evgeny Konstantinovich Zavoisky (28.09.1907—9.10.1976) was a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician (1964, corresponding member 1953).

Zakharchenya, Boris Petrovich

Boris Petrovich Zakharchenya (born 1.05.1928) was a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1976).

Seebeck, Thomas Johann

Thomas Johann Seebeck (9.04.1770- 10.12.1831) was a German physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1814).

Zeeman, Pieter

Pieter Zeeman (25.05.1865-9.10.1943) was a Dutch physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Zeldovich, Yakov Borisovich

Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (born 8.03.1914) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1958; corresponding member 1946).

Ioffe, Abram Fedorovich

Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (29.10.1880-14.10.1960) was a Soviet physicist, an academician (1920; corresponding member 1918) and vice-president (1926—29, 1942 — 45).

Jedlik, Ányos István

Ányos István Jedlik (11.01.1800-13.12.1895) was a Hungarian physicist and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1858).

Cabrera, Blas

Blas Cabrera (20.05.1878- 1.08.1945) was a Spanish physicist.

Cavendish, Henry

Henry Cavendish (10.10.1731-24.02.1810) was an English physicist and chemist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1760).

Kadomtsev, Boris Borisovich

Boris Borisovich Kadomtsev (born 9.02.1928) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1970; corresponding member 1962).

Casimir, Hendrik

Hendrik Casimir (born 15.07.1909) is a Dutch physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1946) and its president (1973).

Canton, John

John Canton (31.07.1718-22.03.1772) was an English experimental physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1749).

Kapitza, Petr Leonidovich

Petr Leonidovich Kapitza (born 9.07.1894) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1939; corresponding member 1929).

Quincke, Georg Hermann

Georg Hermann Quincke (19.11.1834-13.01.1924) was a German physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1879).

Keldysh, Leonid Veniaminovich

Leonid Veniaminovich Keldysh (born 7.04.1931) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1976, corresponding member 1968).