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Zababakhin, Evgeny Ivanovich

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

Seebeck, Thomas Johann

Thomas Johann Seebeck (9.04.1770- 10.12.1831) was a German physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1814).

Zeeman, Pieter

Pieter Zeeman (25.05.1865-9.10.1943) was a Dutch physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Zumino, Bruno

Bruno Zumino (born 28.04.1923) was an Italian theoretical physicist.

Ibragimov, Shavkat Shigabutdinovich

Shavkat Shigabutdinovich Ibragimov (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).

Eve, Arthur Stewart

Arthur Stewart Eve (11.09.1862-14.03.1948) was a Canadian physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (president in 1919 — 30).

Ivanenko, Dmitri Dmitriyevich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Ivanenko (born 29.07.1904) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Ising, Gustav Adolf

Gustav Adolf Ising (19.02.1883-5.02.1960) was a Swedish physicist and geophysicist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1935).

Ionescu, Teodor

Teodor Ionescu (born 8.02.1899) is a Romanian physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1955).

Jordan, Pascual

Pascual Jordan (18.10.1902-31.07.1980) was a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz.

Ioffe, Abram Fedorovich

Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (29.10.1880-14.10.1960) was a Soviet physicist, an academician (1920; corresponding member 1918) and vice-president (1926—29, 1942 — 45).

Cabannes, Jean

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

Cavendish, Henry

Henry Cavendish (10.10.1731-24.02.1810) was an English physicist and chemist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1760).

Kaliski, Sylwester

Sylwester Kaliski (19.12.1925 —16.09.1978) was a Polish theoretical physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1970).

Kapitza, Petr Leonidovich

Petr Leonidovich Kapitza (born 9.07.1894) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1939; corresponding member 1929).