Died 1966-11-28.
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Boris Podolsky
Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky was a Russian-American physicist of Jewish descent, noted for his work with Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen on entangled wave functions and the EPR paradox.
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science · American physicist (1896–1966) · physicist · university teacher · also Boris Podolsky, Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky, Podolsky
Born 29 June 1896 · Died 28 November 1966 · Q560982
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1966· 1 entry
1961· 1 entry
Moved to Xavier University, Cincinnati, where he worked until his death in 1966
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1942· 1 entry
And asked for a position in the USSR to work on processing uranium-235
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1935· 3 entries
Einstein and others at the Institute wrote letters of recommendation for Podolsky, addressed to Louis T
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Published “Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?” in Physical Review — cited 12,376 times.
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Podolsky took a post as professor of mathematical physics at the University of Cincinnati
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1933· 1 entry
Podolsky and Lev Landau had the idea to write a textbook on electromagnetism beginning with special relativity and emphasizing theoretical postulates rather than experimental laws
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1932· 1 entry
Published a seminal early paper on quantum electrodynamics with Dirac and Fock, In 1933, he returned to the US with a fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
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1930· 1 entry
Returned to Caltech, working with Richard C
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1928· 1 entry
Received a PhD in theoretical physics (under Paul Sophus Epstein) from Caltech
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1926· 1 entry
Obtained an MS in mathematics from the University of Southern California
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1918· 1 entry
Served in the US Army and then worked at the Los Angeles Bureau of Power and Light
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1896· 2 entries
Born 1896-06-29.
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Boris Podolsky was born into a poor Jewish family in Taganrog, in the Don Host Oblast of the Russian Empire and attended the Taganrog Gymnasium
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