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Fundamental physical constants

Constant Symbol Numerical value Gravitational constant G 6.6720·10 -11 N·m 2 ·kg -2 Speed of light in vacuum c 2.99792458·10 8 m·s -1 Magnetic constant μ 0 4π·10 -7 H·m -1 = 1.25663706144·10 -6 H·m -1 Electric constant ε…

Abelson, Philip Hauge

Philip Hauge Abelson (born 27.04.1913) - American physicist and geochemist, member of the National Academy of Sciences (1959).

Abragam, Anatole

Anatole Abragam (born 15.XII 1914) is a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1973).

Azimov, Sadyk Azimovich

Sadyk Azimovich Azimov (born 07.11.1914) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR (1962).

Alexander, Karl Friedrich

Karl Friedrich Alexander (born 01.05.1925) is a German physicist and a member of the GDR Academy of Sciences (1973).

Alexandrov, Anatoly Petrovich

Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov (born 13.02.1903) is a Soviet physicist, an academician (1953; corresponding member 1943) and president of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1975).

Alikhanov, Abram Isaakovich

Abram Isaakovich Alikhanov (04.03.1904 — 08.12.1970) was a Soviet experimental physicist, an academician (1943; corresponding member 1939) and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1943).

Alikhanian, Artem Isaakovich

Artem Isaakovich Alikhanian (24.06.1908—25.02.1978) was a Soviet physicist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946) and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1943).

Allison, Samuel King

Samuel King Allison (13.11.1900-15.09.1965) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1946).

Alvarez, Luis Walter

Luis Walter Alvarez (born 13.06.1911) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1947).

Amaldi, Edoardo

Edoardo Amaldi (born 5.09.1908) was an Italian experimental physicist and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1948).

Ambartsumian, Viktor Amazaspovich

Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian (born 18.09.1908) was a Soviet astrophysicist and physicist, academician (1953), academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1943) and its president (from 1947).

Anderson, Herbert Lawrence

Herbert Lawrence Anderson (born 24.05.1914) was an American experimental physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1960).

Andronikashvili, Elevter Luarsabovich

Elevter Luarsabovich Andronikashvili (born 25.XII 1910) is a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1955).

Artsimovich, Lev Andreyevich

Lev Andreyevich Artsimovich (25.02.1909—1.03.1973) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1953; a corresponding member from 1946).

Akhiezer, Alexander Ilyich

Alexander Ilyich Akhiezer (born 31.X 1911) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1964).

Baldin, Alexander Mikhailovich

Alexander Mikhailovich Baldin (born 26.02.1926) — is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1981; a corresponding member from 1972).

Butler, Stuart Thomas

Stuart Thomas Butler (4.07.1926 - 15.05.1982) was an Australian theoretical physicist and a member of the Australian Academy of Science.