Prokhorov, Alexander Mikhailovich
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born 11.08.1916) — Soviet physicist, one of the founders of quantum electronics, academician (1966; corresponding member 1960).
Molecular physics and thermodynamics
The structure of matter, the gas laws, temperature and heat, entropy, phase transitions.
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Simon, Francis
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Smoluchowski, Marian
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Stefan, Josef
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Strelkov, Petr Georgievich
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Szilard, Leo
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Tyndall, John
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Franck, James
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