Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev (Russian Пётр Николаевич Лебедев), February 24, 1866 - January 1, 1912 (new style). Lebedev is considered to be the first world-level Russian physicist. Lebedev is most noted for his contribution to experimental studies of waves. He was the first to measure the pressure of light on a solid body (1900) confirming Maxwell theory.
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