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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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Scientists beginning with "K"

Kadomtsev, Boris Borisovich — (born 9.02.1928) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1970; corresponding member 1962).

Scientists beginning with "Q"

Quincke, Georg Hermann — (19.11.1834-13.01.1924) was a German physicist and a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1879).

Scientists beginning with "M"

MacCullagh, James — (1809-24.10.1847) was an Irish theoretical physicist and a member of the Royal Irish Academy (1833).

Scientists beginning with "N"

Nadjakov, Georgi Stefanov — (8.01.1897 -24.02.1981) was a Bulgarian physicist, a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1945) and its vice-president in 1945 — 58.

Scientists beginning with "O"

Obreimov, Ivan Vasilyevich — (8.03.1894—2.12.981) was a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician (1958; corresponding member 1933).

Scientists beginning with "P"

Pacinotti, Antonio — (17.06.1841-24.03.1912) was an Italian physicist and inventor and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1898).

Scientists beginning with "R"

Rabi, Isidor Isaac — (born 29.07.1898) is an American physicist, a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1940).

Scientists beginning with "T"

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

Scientists beginning with "U"

Uhlenbeck, George Eugene — (born 6.02.1900) — an American theoretical physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1955).

Scientists beginning with "F"

Fabelinsky, Immanuil Lazarevich — (born 27.01.1911) Soviet physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).

Scientists beginning with "Y"

Yang, Chen Ning — (born 22.09.1922) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1965).