WORLD GREAT PHYSICISTS

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WORLD GREAT PHYSICISTS

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Encyclopaedic Biographyofthe World GreatPhysicists

Volume

2

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Dalence",^Joachim(1640-1707?) ³⁶⁹ Dalgarno,^Alexander

(1928-)

³⁷⁰ Dalitz,^RichardHenry

(1925-)

³⁷³ Daly,

Reginald

^Aldworth

(1871-1957)

³⁷⁷ Darwin,

George

^Howard

(1845-1912)

³⁷⁹ Davisson, ClintonJoseph

(1881-1958)

³⁸²

DeBroglie, ^PrinceLouis Victor Pierre

Raymond

(1892-1987)

³⁸⁵

Debye,^PeterJoseph^William

(1884-1966) ³⁸⁶

Degolyer,^EveretteLee

(1886-1956)

³⁹² Delbriick,^Max

(1906-1981)

³⁹⁴

Deluc,^{Jean Andre}

(1727-1817)

³⁹⁵

Democritus (460-370 B.C.) ³⁹⁹ Dempster,^Arthur

Jeffrey (1886-1950)

⁴⁰⁷

Deslandres, ^Henri

(1853-1948)

⁴⁰⁷ Deutsch, ^Martin

(1917-2002)

⁴⁰⁹

Devaux,^Henri

(1862-1956)

⁴¹¹

Dewar,^James

(1842-1923)

⁴¹³ Dicke, ^Robert

Henry (1916-1997)

⁴¹⁹ Ditchburn,RobertWilliam

(1903-1987)

⁴²⁰

Doell,^RichardRayman (1923-) ⁴²¹ Dominis,^Marko

Antonije

(1560-1626) ⁴²³ Doodson,Arthur Thomas

(1890-1968)

⁴²⁵

Doppelmayr,

Johnn Gabriel

(1671-1750)

⁴²⁶ Doppler,^{JohannChristian}(1803-1853) ⁴²⁸ Dove,Heinrich Wilhelm

(1803-1879)

⁴³⁰ Drude,^PaulKarlLudwig

(1863-1906)

⁴³² Dryden, Hugh^Latimer(1898-1965) ⁴³⁴ Duane,^William

(1872-1935)

⁴³⁶ Duckworth, Henry^Edmison(1915-) ⁴⁴¹

Dufay

(Du Fay),Charles-Francoisde Cisternai

(1698-1739)

⁴⁴³

Duhamel, Jean-Marie-Constant

(1797-1872)

⁴⁴⁷

Duhem,

Pierre-Maurice-Marie

(1861-1916) 449

Dulong,

Pierre Louis

(1785-1838)

⁴⁵⁴ Dunning,^JohnRay

(1907-1975)

⁴⁶¹

Dunoyer

^DeSegonzac,LouisDominique

Joseph

^Armand

(1880-1963)

⁴⁶² Dupre\^AthanaseLouis Victoire

(1808-1869)

⁴⁶⁴

Dutrochet,Rene-Joachim-Henri

(1776-1847) ⁴⁶⁴

Dyson,Freeman John(1923-) ⁴⁶⁸

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Eckart,^Carl(1902-1973) ⁴⁶⁹ Edlen, Bengt (1906-1963) ⁴⁷⁰ Edlund,Milton Carl(1924-1993) ⁴⁷¹ Ehrenfest,^Paul(1880-1933) ⁴⁷³ Eichenwald,Aleksandr Aleksanurovich(1864—

1944) ⁴⁷⁶

Einstein,^Albert(1879-1955) ⁴⁷⁸ Elkind,^MortimerMurrey (1922-) ⁴⁸⁷ Elsasser, ^{WalterMaurice}

(1904-1991)

⁴⁹⁰ Elster,^Johann

Philipp

^LudwigJulius

(1854-1920) ⁴⁹²

Emden,^Robert(1862-1940) ⁴⁹⁶ Enskog, ^David(1884-1947) ⁴⁹⁷ Eotvos,Roland Baron Von

(1848-1919) ⁴⁹⁹

Erman, Georg

Adolph (1806-1877)

⁵⁰⁴

Esaki,Leo(1925-)

⁵⁰⁵

Esclangon,^ErnestBengamin

(1876-1954) ⁵⁰⁷

Eshelby,

^JohnDouglas (1916-1981) ⁵⁰⁹ Essen,^Louis(1908-1997) ⁵¹¹ Euler,^Leonhard(1707-1783) ⁵¹³ Evans,Robley Dunglison

(1907-1995)

⁵²⁶ Evershed,^John

(1864-1956)

⁵²⁶ Ewing,^JamesAlfred

(1855-1935)

⁵²⁸

F

Fabbroni,

^GiovanniValentino Mattia

(1752-1822) ⁵³¹

Fabry,^Charles(1867-1945) ⁵³² Fahrenheit,Daniel Gabriel

(1686-1736) ⁵³³

Faraday,^Michael (1791-1867) ⁵³⁶ Farrar,^John(1779-1853) ⁵⁴⁹ Feddersen,Berend Wilhelm

(1832-1918) ⁵⁵⁰

Fermi,^Enrico(1901 -1954) ⁵⁵¹ Fernandez-Moran,^Humberto

(1924-1999) ⁵⁵⁴

Ferraris,^Galileo(1847-1897) ⁵⁵⁸ Ferrel,^William(1817-1891) ⁵⁶⁰ Feshbach, ^Herman(1917-2001) ⁵⁶⁴ Fitch,^ValLogsdon(1923-) ⁵⁶⁷ FitzGerald, George^Francis

(1851-1901) ⁵⁶⁹

Flerov,

Georgii

Nikolaevich

(1913-1990)

⁵⁷⁵

Fock,Vladimir Alexandrovich

(1898-1974) ⁵⁷⁶

Forbush, ^{Scott Ellsworth}

(1904-1984)

⁵⁷⁶

Foster, ^John Stuart, ^Jr. (1922-1964) ⁵⁷⁹ Foucault,Jean Bernard Leon

(1819-1868) ⁵⁸¹

Fourier,^Jean

Baptiste Joseph

(1768-1830) ⁵⁸¹

Fowler,^Alfred(1868-1940) ⁵⁸⁶ Fowler,William Alfred(1911-1995) ⁵⁸⁷ Franck, ^James (1882-1964) ⁵⁹⁰ Frank,IlyaMikhailovich(1908-) ⁵⁹² Freeman,^{Joan Maie}(1918-1990) ⁵⁹³ Fresnel,

Augustin

^Jean

(1788-1827)

⁵⁹⁵ Friedman, ^Herbert(1916-2000) ⁵⁹⁹

Encyclopaedic Biography ofthe World Great Physicists

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^Gramont,Antoine Alfred AmaudXavierLouis

De(1861-1923) ⁶⁸³

Gabor, ^Dennis(1900-1979) ⁶⁰³ Gravesande, Willem Jacob

Galilei,^Galileo(1564-1642) ⁶⁰⁵ (1688-1742) ⁶⁸⁴

Galvani,Luigi (1737-1798) ⁶¹⁴ Gren,Friedrich AlbrechtCarl

Gamow, George (1904-1968) ⁶¹⁷ (1760-1798) ⁶⁸⁸

Gauss,^J.CarlFriedrich (1777-1855) ⁶²¹ Gross,^David(1941-) ⁶⁹⁰ Gaydon,Alfred Gordon(1911-) ^{626 Grove,} William Robert(1811-1896) ⁶⁹¹ Geiger,Hans Johannes Wilhelm Guericke,^Ottovon(1602-1686) ⁶⁹³

(1882-1945) ⁶²⁸ Guillaume,Charles Edouard

Geitel,^{F.K. Hans}(1855-1923) ⁶³¹ (1861-1938) ⁶⁹⁷

Gell-Mann,Murray(1929-) ⁶³¹ Guye, Charles-Eugene

(1866-1942)

⁶⁹⁹ Gerasimovich,^{Boris P.}(1889-1937) ⁶³⁵

Giaever, Ivar(1929-) ⁶³⁷

H

Gibbs,Josiah Willard(1839-1903) ⁶³⁹ _{Haas,ArthurErich}(1884-1941) ⁷⁰¹ Gilbert,^William(1544-1603) ⁶⁴² Haas, WanderJohannes De(1878-1960) ⁷⁰³

Giles of Rome(1247-1316) ⁶⁵⁰

Hafstad,^LawrenceRandolph Glaser,Donald Arthur(1926-) ⁶⁵¹

Glauber, Roy^J. (1925-) ⁶⁵³

Goddard,^RobertHutchings (1882-1945) ⁶⁵⁴ (1904-1993) ⁷⁰⁴

Goguel,^Jean(1908-1987) ⁶⁵⁶

Hagihara,

^Yusuke(1897-1979) 706

Goldberger,

Marwin Leonard(1922-) ⁶⁵⁸ Hagstrum,^HomerDupre (1915-1994) 708 Goldhaber,^Maurice(1911-) ⁶⁶⁰ Hahn,^ErwinLouis(1921—) ⁷¹⁰ Goldstein, Eugen (1850-1930) ⁶⁶² Hall,^JohnL.(l 934-) ⁷¹³ Goldstein,^Herbert(1922-2005) ⁶⁶⁴ Hamilton,Sir WilliamRowan

Golitsyn,

Boris Borisovich(1862-1916) ⁶⁶⁶ (1805-1865) ⁷¹⁴

Gomer, ^Robert(1924-) ⁶⁶⁸ Hansen, TheodorW.(1941-) ⁷²⁰

Gordon,Walter

(1893-1940)

⁶⁷¹ Harris, Cyril^Manton

(1917—)

⁷²¹ Goiter,Cornelis Jacobus(1907-1980) ⁶⁷² Harrison,George^Russell

(1898-1979)

⁷²³ Goudsmit, ^S.Abraham(1901-1978) ⁶⁷⁵ Hartline, Haldan Keffer(1903-1983) ⁷²⁵

Gouy, Louis-Georges (1854-1926)

⁶⁷⁷ Hassel, ^Odd

(1897-1981)

⁷²⁷ Graham,^Thomas (1805-1869) ⁶⁷⁸

Hawking, Stephen

^William(1942-) ⁷²⁹

Supplement of Volume 2

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Dalen,^Gustaf(1869^- 1937) ^S25

DavisJr.,Raymond (1914-2006) ^S26 Dehmelt,^HansGeorg^{(1922-) S28} Dirac,^Paul(1902^- 1984) ^S29

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Fert,^Albert(1938-) ^S35

Feynman,^RichardPhillips (1918^- 1988) S36

G

Geim,^AndreKonstantin(1958-) ^S47

Giacconi,Riccardo(1931-)

^S50

Gilles deGennes, ^Pierre

(1932-2007) ^S57

Ginzburg,

Vitaly

(1916-2009) ^S59

Glashow, SheldonLee(1932-) ^S60 Griinberg,^Peter

(1939-)

^S62