Skip to main content
All Physics

Electricity and magnetism

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

Material on this topic

Matteucci, Carlo

Carlo Matteucci (2.06.1811-24.06.1868) was an Italian physicist and physiologist.

Matthias, Bernd Theodor

Bernd Theodor Matthias (8.06.1918-27.10.1980) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1965).

Mesyats, Gennady Andreyevich

Gennady Andreyevich Mesyats (born 28.02.1936) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Millikan, Robert Andrews

Robert Andrews Millikan (22.03.1868 —19.12.1953) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1915).

Millionshchikov, Mikhail Dmitriyevich

Mikhail Dmitriyevich Millionshchikov (16.01.1913-27.05.1973) was a Soviet physicist and public figure, an academician (1962; corresponding member 1953), and from 1962 a vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Minkowski, Hermann

Hermann Minkowski (22.06.1864-12.01.1909) was a German mathematician and physicist.

Mikheev, Mikhail Nikolayevich

Mikhail Nikolayevich Mikheev (born 28.10.1905) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Oliphant, Marcus Laurence Elwin

Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant (born 8.10.1901) is an Australian physicist and a member of the Australian Academy of Science, of which he was president in 1954 — 57.

Ohm, Georg Simon

Georg Simon Ohm (16.03.1787-6.07.1854) was a German physicist, a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1839).

Pavlovsky, Alexander Ivanovich

Alexander Ivanovich Pavlovsky (born 27. 06.1927) is a Soviet experimental physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Radautsan, Sergei Ivanovich

Sergei Ivanovich Radautsan (born 17.06.1926) — a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Moldavian SSR (1972).

Ramsey, Norman Foster

Norman Foster Ramsey (born 27.08.1915) — an American experimental physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1952).

Savart, Félix

Félix Savart (30.06.1791-16.03.1841) — a French physicist, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1827).

Sagdeev, Roald Zinnurovich

Roald Zinnurovich Sagdeev (born 26.12.1932) — a Soviet physicist, academician (1968, corresponding member 1964).

Townsend, John Sealy Edward

John Sealy Edward Townsend (7.06.1868 — 16.02.1957) — an English physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1903).

Wheatstone, Charles

Charles Wheatstone (6.02.1802-19.10.1875)-an English physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society.