Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich

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Soviet scientist cosmologist human physicist theoretical physicist

Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich was a prominent Soviet physicist and cosmologist known for his pioneering contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, and the theory of the early universe.

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Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich canonical 2
Yakov Zeldovich 2
Yakov Zel’dovich 1

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instanceOf Soviet scientist ⓘ
cosmologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
awardReceived Hero of Socialist Labour ⓘ
Lenin Prize ⓘ
Stalin Prize ⓘ
Stalin Prize ⓘ
surface form: USSR State Prize
countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-03-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1987-12-02 ⓘ
educatedAt Leningrad State University ⓘ
employer Kurchatov Institute ⓘ
Lebedev Physical Institute ⓘ
Moscow State University ⓘ
familyName Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zeldovich
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
combustion theory ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
early universe theory ⓘ
general relativity ⓘ
hydrodynamics ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ
givenName Yakov ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Igor Tamm ⓘ
influenced Alexei Starobinsky ⓘ
Andrei Sakharov ⓘ
Rashid Sunyaev ⓘ
many Soviet cosmologists ⓘ
knownFor Zeldovich approximation in large-scale structure formation ⓘ
pioneering work in astrophysics ⓘ
pioneering work in cosmology ⓘ
pioneering work in nuclear physics ⓘ
theory of the early universe ⓘ
work on black hole physics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Russian ⓘ
memberOf Soviet Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: USSR Academy of Sciences
nativeLanguage Russian ⓘ
notableWork Zeldovich approximation ⓘ
Zeldovich–Novikov theory of black holes ⓘ
contributions to Soviet nuclear weapons program ⓘ
theory of combustion and detonation ⓘ
theory of cosmological structure formation ⓘ
work on Big Bang nucleosynthesis ⓘ
patronymicName Borisovich ⓘ
placeOfBirth Minsk ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Moscow ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
positionHeld academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Moscow ⓘ

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Max Planck Medal → hasRecipient → Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich ⓘ
Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich → familyName → Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zeldovich
Soviet Academy of Sciences → notableMember → Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yakov Zeldovich
Karl Schwarzschild Medal → notableRecipient → Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yakov Zel’dovich
Soviet thermonuclear weapons program → keyPerson → Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yakov Zeldovich
Renata Kallosh → hasAcademicAdvisor → Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich ⓘ