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The history of physics

How the science took shape: discoveries and disputes, scientific schools, prizes and recognition.

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Balmer, Johann Jakob

Johann Jakob Balmer (1.05.1825-12.03.1898) was a Swiss physicist and mathematician.

Bardeen, John

John Bardeen (born 23.05.1908) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1954).

Barkhausen, Heinrich Georg

Heinrich Georg Barkhausen (2.12.1881-20.02.1956) was a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1949).

Barkla, Charles Glover

Charles Glover Barkla (27.06.1877-23.X 1944) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (from 1912).

Barkov, Lev Mitrofanovich

Lev Mitrofanovich Barkov (born 24.10 1928) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1972).

Bartholinus, Erasmus

Erasmus Bartholinus (13.08.1625-4.11.1698) was a Danish physicist and mathematician.

Basov, Nikolai Gennadiyevich

Nikolai Gennadiyevich Basov (born 14.12.1922) is a Soviet physicist, one of the founders of quantum electronics, and an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1966; a corresponding member from 1962).

Butler, Clifford Charles

Clifford Charles Butler (born 20.05.1922) is an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (from 1961).

Bakhmetev, Porfiry Ivanovich

Porfiry Ivanovich Bakhmetev (26.02.1860—14.10.1913) was a Bulgarian physicist and a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Běhounek, František

František Běhounek (27.10.1898-1.1.1973) was a Czechoslovak physicist and a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1960).

Becquerel, Antoine Henri

Antoine Henri Becquerel (15.XII.1852-25.08.1908) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1889), its president in 1908.

Bernoulli, Daniel

Daniel Bernoulli (8.02.1700-17.03.1782) was a mathematician and physicist, one of the members of the famous Bernoulli dynasty.

Berzelius, Jöns Jacob

Jöns Jacob Berzelius (20.08.1779-7.08.1848) was a Swedish chemist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1808), its president from 1810 and its permanent secretary from 1818.

Bethge, Heinz

Heinz Bethge (born 15.11.1919) is a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1972).

Bleaney, Brebis

Brebis Bleaney (born 6.06.1915) is an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1950).

Black, Joseph

Joseph Black (16.04.1728-6.12.1799) was a Scottish chemist and physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783).

Bogdanov, Sergei Vasilyevich

Sergei Vasilyevich Bogdanov (born 2.08.1921) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).