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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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Landau, Lev Davidovich

Lev Davidovich Landau (22.01.1908-1.04.1968) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician (1946).

Laplace, Pierre Simon

Pierre Simon Laplace (28.03.1749-5.03.1827) was a French astronomer, physicist and mathematician and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1785).

Larkin, Anatoly Ivanovich

Anatoly Ivanovich Larkin (born 14.10.1932) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Laurila, Erkki Aukusti

Erkki Aukusti Laurila (born 20.08.1913) is a Finnish physicist and a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (1963).

Levitskaya, Maria Afanasyevna

Maria Afanasyevna Levitskaya (1.04.1883 —6.03.1963) was a Soviet physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1935).

Lenz, Emil Khristianovich

Emil Khristianovich Lenz (24.02.1804— 10.02.1865) was a Russian physicist and a member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1834).

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci (15.04.1452-2.10.1519) was an Italian painter, scientist and inventor.

Leprince-Ringuet, Louis

Louis Leprince-Ringuet (born 27.03.1901) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1949).

Lösche, Artur

Artur Lösche (born 20.10.1921) is a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1965).

Lee, Benjamin

Benjamin Lee (1.01.1935-16.06.1977) was an American theoretical physicist.

Lee, Tsung-Dao

Tsung-Dao Lee (born 25.02.1926) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Lifshitz, Evgeny Mikhailovich

Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz (born 21.02.1915) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician (1979; corresponding member 1966).