Irish Sun: Lev Landau celebrated with a Google Doodle – what are the Russian physicist’s best quotes and when did he win the Nobel Prize?
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Lev Landau
Lev Davidovich Landau was a Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics. He was considered as one of the last scientists who were universally well-versed and made seminal contributions to all branches of physics. He is credited with laying the foundations of twentieth century condensed matter physics, and is also considered arguably the greatest Soviet…
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science · Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968) · physicist · inventor · non-fiction writer · university teacher · theoretical physicist · mathematician · also Lev Landau, Lev Davidovich Landau, Lev Davydovitch Landau, L. D. Landau, Landau
Born 22 January 1908 · Died 1 April 1968 · Q133267
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2019· 6 entries
Daily Express: Lev Landau: Google Doodle celebrates soviet physicist - why was he important?
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Indiatimes: Google Doodle celebrates soviet physicist Lev Landau on 111th birthday
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NDTV: Google Celebrates Physicist Lev Landau's 111th Birthday With A Doodle
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The Independent: Lev Landau: Who was the notable physicist and why should we remember him?
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The Mirror: Who was Lev Landau? Google Doodle celebrates 111th birthday of theoretical physicist
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Advances in molecular quantum chemistry contained in the Q-Chem 4 program package” in Molecular Physics — cited 2,852 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Published “Mutational heterogeneity in cancer and the search for new cancer-associated genes” in Nature — cited 4,895 times.
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1996· 1 entry
Published “Identification of a major co-receptor for primary isolates of HIV-1” in Nature — cited 2,917 times.
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1988· 1 entry
Was endorsed by a report of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
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1968· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1968).
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Awarded Lenin Prize (1968).
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Died 1968-04-01.
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1965· 1 entry
Former students and co-workers of Landau founded the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, located in the town of Chernogolovka near Moscow, and led for the following three decades by Isaak Khalatnikov
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1962· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1962).
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1960· 4 entries
Awarded Fritz London Award (1960).
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Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1960).
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Won Max Planck Medal (1960).
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In an edited version of tributes to Wolfgang Pauli
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1957· 1 entry
A lengthy report to the CPSU Central Committee by the KGB recorded Landau's views on the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, Vladimir Lenin and what he termed "red fascism"
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1954).
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1949· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1949).
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Awarded Stalin Prize (1949).
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And 1953, and was awarded the title "Hero of Socialist Labour" in 1954
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1946· 1 entry
Awarded Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (1946).
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1945· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1945).
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1943· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Badge of Honour (1943).
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1935· 1 entry
Published a piece titled “Bourgeoisie and Contemporary Physics” in the Soviet newspaper Izvestia in which he criticized religious superstition and the dominance of capital, which he saw as bourgeois tendencies, citing
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1932· 1 entry
Landau computed the Chandrasekhar limit; however, he did not apply it to white dwarf stars
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1927· 1 entry
Studied at Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University (1924–1927).
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1924· 2 entries
Studied at Baku State University (1922–1924).
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Moved to the main centre of Soviet physics at the time: the Physics Department of Leningrad State University, where he dedicated himself to the study of theoretical physics, graduating in 1927
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1922· 2 entries
At age 14, he matriculated at the Baku State University, studying in two departments simultaneously: the Departments of Physics and Mathematics, and the Department of Chemistry
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Studied at Baku Polytechnicum (1921–1922).
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1908· 1 entry
Born 1908-01-22.
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