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Electricity and magnetism

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

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Kerr, John

John Kerr (17.12.1824-18.08.1907) was a Scottish physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1890).

Kikoin, Isaak Konstantinovich

Isaak Konstantinovich Kikoin (born 28.03.1908) is a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician (1953; corresponding member 1943).

Kirensky, Leonid Vasilyevich

Leonid Vasilyevich Kirensky (10.04.1909—3.11.1969) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1968; corresponding member 1964).

Kirko, Igor Mikhailovich

Igor Mikhailovich Kirko (born 16.04.1918) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR (1966).

Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (12.03.1824-17.10.1887) was a German physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1875).

Kiselevsky, Leonid Ivanovich

Leonid Ivanovich Kiselevsky (born 12.04.1927) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1980).

Kittel, Charles

Charles Kittel (born 18.07.1916) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1957).

Clausius, Rudolf Julius Emanuel

Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (2.01.1822-24.08.1888) was a German theoretical physicist, one of the creators of thermodynamics and of the kinetic theory of gases, and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Scie…

Kohlrausch, Friedrich Wilhelm Georg

Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (14.10.1840-17.01.1910) was a German experimental physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1895).

Komar, Anton Panteleimonovich

Anton Panteleimonovich Komar (born 30.05.1904) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1948).

Korsunsky, Moisei Izrailevich

Moisei Izrailevich Korsunsky (19.04.1903 —6.10.1976) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1962).

Kosonogov, Iosif Iosifovich

Iosif Iosifovich Kosonogov (31.03.1866—22.03.1922) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1922).

Cotton, Aimé

Aimé Cotton (9.10.1869-15.04.1951) was a French experimental physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1923), and its president in 1938.

Crookes, William

William Crookes (17.06.1832-4.04.1919) was an English chemist and physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1863), and its president in 1913-15.

Kruskal, Martin David

Martin David Kruskal (born 28.09.1925) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Coulomb, Charles Augustin

Charles Augustin Coulomb (14.06.1736—23.08.1806) was a French physicist and military engineer and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1803).