Scientists beginning with "G". Biographies of physicists

Gabor, Dennis — (5.06.1900-9.02.1979) was a physicist and the creator of holography.
Gaede, Wolfgang — (25.05.1878-24.06.1945) was a German physicist.
Galilei, Galileo — (15.02.1564-8.01.1642) was an outstanding Italian physicist and astronomer, one of the founders of exact natural science and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei (1611).
Galitskii, Viktor Mikhailovich — (8.09.1924—7.01.1981) was a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 1976).
Galkin, Alexander Alexandrovich — (4.07.1914 —22.10.1982) was a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1965).
Galvani, Luigi — (9.09.1737-4.12.1798) was an Italian physicist and physiologist.
Gamow, George (Georgiy Antonovich) — (4.03.1904-20.08.1968) was an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1953).
Gaponov-Grekhov, Andrei Viktorovich — (born 7.06.1926) is a Soviet physicist and an academician (1968; corresponding member 1964).
Garibian, Gregory Markarovich — (born 13.12.1924) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1971).
Gassendi, Pierre — (22.01.1592-24.10.1655) was a French philosopher and scientist.
Gauss, Carl Friedrich — (30.04.1777-23.02.1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer and physicist.
Gaviola, Enrique — (born 31.08.1900) is an Argentine physicist.
Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis — (6.12.1778-9.05.1850) was a French physicist and chemist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1806).
Gehrcke, Ernst — (1.07.1878-25.1.1960) was a German physicist.
Geiger, Hans Wilhelm — (30.09.1882-24.09.1945) was a German experimental physicist and a member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1937).
Geissler, Heinrich Johann Wilhelm — (26.05.1815 — 24.1 1879) was a German physicist and inventor.
Geitel, Hans Friedrich — (16.07.1855—15.08.1923) was a German experimental physicist.
Gell-Mann, Murray — (born 15.09.1929) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1960).
Gentner, Wolfgang — (23.07.1906-4.09.1980) was a German physicist and a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (1937), its president in 1964-67.
Gerlach, Walter — (1.08.1889-10.08.1979) was a German experimental physicist and a member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences (1947).
Germer, Lester Halbert — (10.10.1896–3.10.1971) was an American physicist and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Gershun, Alexander Lvovich — (29.10.1868-8.06.1915) was a Russian physicist.
Gershun, Andrei Alexandrovich — (1903-6.12.1952) was a Soviet physicist and a professor (1933).
Gezekhus, Nikolai Alexandrovich — (17.01.1845—1919) was a Russian physicist.
Ghiorso, Albert — (born 15.07.1915) is an American physicist and chemist.
Giaever, Ivar — (born 5.04.1929) is an experimental physicist and engineer.
Giauque, William Francis — (born 12.05.1895) is an American physicist and chemist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1936).
Gibbs, Josiah Willard — (11.02.1839-28.04.1903) was an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Gilbert, William — (24.05.1544-30.11.1603) was an English physicist.
Ginzburg, Vitaly Lazarevich — (born 4.10.1916) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and an academician (1966, corresponding member 1953).
Glagoleva-Arkadieva, Alexandra Andreyevna — (28.02.1884-30.10.1945) was a Soviet physicist and a Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
Glaser, Donald Arthur — (born 21.09.1926) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1962).
Glashow, Sheldon Lee — (born 5.12.1932) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1977).
Glazebrook, Richard Tetley — (18.09.1854—15.12.1935) was an English experimental physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1882).
Goeppert-Mayer, Maria — (28.06.1906-20.02.1972) was an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1956).
Goldanskii, Vitaly Iosifovich — (born 18.06.1923) is a Soviet physical chemist and an academician (1981; corresponding member 1962).
Goldberger, Marvin Leonard — (born 22.10.1922) is an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1963).
Goldhaber, Maurice — (born 18.05.1911) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1958).
Goldhammer, Dmitri Alexandrovich — (30.10.1860-16.12.1922) was a Russian physicist.
Goldman, Alexander Genrikhovich — (3.02.1884—30.12.1971) was a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1929).
Goldstein, Eugen — (5.09.1850-25.12.1930) was a German physicist.
Goldstone, Jeffrey — (born 3.09.1933) is an English theoretical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1977).
Golitsyn, Boris Borisovich — (2.03.1862 —17.05.1916) was a Russian physicist, the founder of seismology in Russia and a member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1898).
Gombás, Pál — (5.06.1909-17.05.1971) was a Hungarian theoretical physicist, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1946) and its vice-president (1949-58).
Gordon, Walter — (3.08.1893-24.12.1939) was a German theoretical physicist.
Gorkov, Lev Petrovich — (born 14.06.1929) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1966).
Gorter, Cornelis Jacobus — (14.08.1907-30.03.1980) was a Dutch physicist, a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1946) and its president in 1960 — 66.
Goudsmit, Samuel Abraham — (11.07.1902—4.12.1979) was an American theoretical physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1947).
Gouy, Louis Georges — (19.02.1854-27.01.1926) was a French physicist and a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1913).
Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's — (26.09.1688-28.02.1742) was a Dutch scientist.
Gray, Stephen — (1666-15.02.1736) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1732).
Green, Herbert Sydney — (born 17.12.1920) is an Australian theoretical physicist and a member of the Australian Academy of Science.
Gregory, Bernard Paul — (19.01.1919-25.12.1977) was a French physicist.
Gribov, Vladimir Naumovich — (born 25.03.1930) is a Soviet theoretical physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1972).
Gridnev, Vitaly Nikiforovich — (born 7.08.1908) is a Soviet physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (1967).
Grimaldi, Francesco — (2.04.1618-28.12.1663) was an Italian scientist.
Grinberg, Georgy Abramovich — (born 16.06.1900) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946).
Groot, Sybren Ruurds de — (born 18.04.1916) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1958).
Gross, Evgeny Fedorovich — (20.10.1897-4.04.1972) was a Soviet experimental physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946).
Groszkowski, Janusz — (born 21.03.1898) is a Polish physicist and a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1952), of which he was president in 1963 — 72.
Grote, Claus — (born 8.08.1927) is a German experimental physicist, a member of the GDR Academy of Sciences (1974) and General Secretary of the GDR Academy of Sciences (from 1972).
Grove, William Robert — (11.07.1811-1.08.1896) was an English physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1840).
Grüneisen, Eduard — (26.05.1877-5.04.1949) was a German physicist.
Gudden, Bernhard Friedrich Adolf — (14.03.1892 — 3.08.1945) was a German experimental physicist.
Guericke, Otto von — (20.11.1602-02.05.1686) was a German physicist.
Guillaume, Charles Édouard — (15.02.1861-13.06.1938) was a Swiss physicist.
Gulyaev, Yuri Vasilyevich — (born 18.09.1935) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1979).
Gurevich, Isai Izrailevich — (born 13.07.1912) is a Soviet physicist and a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1968).
Gurney, Ronald Wilfrid — (1899-15.04.1953) was an English theoretical physicist.
Gustafson, Torsten Valdemar — (born 8.05.1904) is a Swedish physicist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Guye, Charles — (15.10.1866-15.07.1942) was a Swiss experimental physicist.
Gvertsiteli, Irakli Grigoryevich — (born 22.12.1918) is a Soviet experimental physicist and an academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (1979); in 1978 —82 he was vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR.