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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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Estermann, Immanuel

Immanuel Estermann (31.03.1900-3.03.1973) was a German experimental physicist.

Lanius, Karl

Karl Lanius (born 3.V 1927) is a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (1969).

Scientists beginning with "A"

Abdullayev, Hasan Mammad Bagir oglu — (born 20.08.1918) is a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967) and its president (since 1970), and a corresponding member of the USSR…

Scientists beginning with "E"

Eddington, Arthur Stanley — (28.12.1882—22.02.1944) — English astrophysicist and physicist, Fellow of the Royal Society (1914).

Scientists beginning with "B"

Babaev, Yuri Nikolayevich — (born 21.05.1928) is a Soviet experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1968).

Scientists beginning with "W"

Wagner, Carl Wilhelm — (25.05.1901 -10.12.1977) — German physicist and physical chemist, a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.

Scientists beginning with "V"

Vainshtein, Boris Konstantinovich — (born 10.08.1921) — Soviet physicist and crystallographer, academician (1976, corresponding member 1962).

Scientists beginning with "D"

D’Arsonval, Jacques-Arsène — (8.06.1851-31.12.1940) was a French physicist and physiologist, a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1894) and its president in 1917.

Scientists beginning with "J"

Jabłoński, Aleksander — (26.02.1898-9.09.1980) was a Polish physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1956).

Scientists beginning with "Z"

Zababakhin, Evgeny Ivanovich — (born 16.01.1917) was a Soviet physicist and an academician (1968; corresponding member 1958).

Scientists beginning with "S"

Sabine, Edward — (14.10.1788-26.06.1883) was an English physicist, astronomer and traveller, a Fellow of the Royal Society (1818) and its president in 1861—71.

Scientists beginning with "I"

Ibragimov, Shavkat Shigabutdinovich — (born 22.10.1923) was a Soviet physicist, an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1970) and its vice-president (from 1974).

Scientists beginning with "C"

Cabannes, Jean — (12.08.1885 - 31.10.1959) was a French experimental physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1946).