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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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Tolansky, Samuel

Samuel Tolansky (17.02.1907-1.03.1973) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1952).

Thomson, Joseph John

Joseph John Thomson (18.12.1856-30.08.1940) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1884), its president in 1916-20.

Thomson (Kelvin), William

William Thomson (Kelvin) (26.06.1824-17.12.1907) was an English physicist, one of the founders of thermodynamics, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1851), its president in 1890-95.

Tonks, Lewi

Lewi Tonks (13.12.1897-1971) was an American physicist.

Treder, Hans-Jürgen

Hans-Jürgen Treder (born 4.09.1928) is a German theoretical physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1966).

Treiman, Sam Bard

Sam Bard Treiman (born 27.05.1925) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1972).

Trowbridge, John

John Trowbridge (5.08.1843-18.02.1923) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1878).

Trutnev, Yuri Alexeyevich

Yuri Alexeyevich Trutnev (born 2.11.1927) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1964).

Tuve, Merle Antony

Merle Antony Tuve (27.06.1901-1982) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1946).

Tait, Peter Guthrie

Peter Guthrie Tait (28.04.1831-4.07.1901) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1879).

Ursu, Ioan

Ioan Ursu (born 5.04.1928) is a Romanian physicist and a member of the Romanian Academy (1974).

Fedorov, Fedor Ivanovich

Fedor Ivanovich Fedorov ( born 19.06.1911) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Byelorussian SSR (1966).

Feynman, Richard Phillips

Richard Phillips Feynman ( born 11.05.1918) — an American theoretical physicist, one of the creators of modern quantum electrodynamics, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1954).

Feoktistov, Lev Petrovich

Lev Petrovich Feoktistov ( born 14.02.1928) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1966).

Fermat, Pierre

Pierre Fermat (20.08.1601-12.01.1665) was a French mathematician and physicist.

Fermi, Enrico

Enrico Fermi (29.09.1901-28.02.1954) — an Italian physicist, a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1935).