JCA: Education: Lev Davidovich Landau

Lev Landau

Born: 1908 (Baku, Azerbaijan, Russian Empire)

Died: 1968 (Moscow, USSR)

Education/Positions:

1927 - PhD from Leningrad State University
1932 - Head of Theory Division of the Ukrainian Technical Institute
1935 - Head of Physics at Kharkov Gorky State University
1937 - Head of the Theory Division of the Physical Institute of the (USSR) Academy of Sciences

Distinctions:

Nobel Prize for Physics in 1962

Research Fields:

Landau's work covers all branches of theoretical physics, ranging from fluid mechanics to quantum field theory. A large portion of his papers refers to the theory of the condensed state. Pioneered studies on gases, especially his development of a mathematical theory of superfluidity that accounts for the properties of liquid helium II
Famous quote: Cosmologists are often in error, but never in doubt

For Further Information:

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