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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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Boyle, Robert

Robert Boyle (25.01.1627-30.12.1691) was an English chemist, physicist and philosopher and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1663).

Boltzmann, Ludwig

Ludwig Boltzmann (20.02.1844 - 5.09.1906) was an Austrian theoretical physicist, one of the founders of classical statistical physics and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1895).

Bohr, Niels Henrik David

Niels Henrik David Bohr (7.10.1885 - 18.11.1962) was an outstanding Danish theoretical physicist, one of the creators of modern physics and a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (1917), of which he…

Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (28.1.1608 — 31.12.1679) was an Italian scientist and a member of the Accademia del Cimento in Florence.

Born, Max

Max Born (11.12.1882 - 5.1.1970) was a German theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of the new physics.

Braun, Karl Ferdinand

Karl Ferdinand Braun (6.06.1850-20.04.1918) was a German physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1914).

Broglie, Louis de

Louis de Broglie (born 15.07.1892) is a French theoretical physicist, one of the creators of quantum mechanics, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1933) and its permanent secretary in 1942 — 75.

Bruno, Giordano

Giordano Bruno (1548-17.02.1600) was an Italian thinker, a fighter against scholasticism and theology and an active supporter of the teaching of N.

Brewster, David

David Brewster (11.12.1781-10.02.1868) was a Scottish physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1815) and president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1864).

Bouguer, Pierre

Pierre Bouguer (16.02.1698-15.08.1758) was a French scientist, one of the founders of photometry and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1735).

Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (31.03.1811 -16.08.1899) was a German chemist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1846).

Bjorken, James

James Bjorken (born 22.06.1934) - American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Bjerknes, Vilhelm Friman Koren

Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes (14.03.1862—9.04.1951) — Norwegian physicist and geophysicist, a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

Białobrzeski, Czesław

Czesław Białobrzeski (31.08.1878-12.10.1953) — Polish physicist, a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1952).

Vavilov, Sergei Ivanovich

Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov (24.03.1891—25.01.1951) — Soviet physicist and public figure, academician (1932; corresponding member 1931), President of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 1945).

Weinberg, Steven

Steven Weinberg (born 3.05.1933) - American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1972).

Wightman, Arthur Strong

Arthur Strong Wightman (born 30.03.1922) - American theoretical physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences.