Evgeny Lifshitz
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Evgeny Lifshitz was a Soviet theoretical physicist best known for co-authoring the influential multi-volume "Course of Theoretical Physics" and for his contributions to general relativity and cosmology.
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| Evgeny Lifshitz canonical | 7 |
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| instanceOf |
Soviet scientist
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human ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Lenin Prize
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Max Planck Medal ⓘ Stalin Prize ⓘ State Prize of the USSR ⓘ
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USSR State Prize
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| coAuthor |
Lev Landau
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Lev Pitaevskii ⓘ |
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Electrodynamics of Continuous Media
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Electrodynamics of Continuous Media (Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 8)
Course of Theoretical Physics ⓘ
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Mechanics (Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 1)
Quantum Mechanics: Non-relativistic Theory ⓘ
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Quantum Mechanics: Non-relativistic Theory (Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 3)
Statistical Physics, Part 1 ⓘ
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Statistical Physics (Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 5)
Course of Theoretical Physics ⓘ
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The Classical Theory of Fields (Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 2)
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| collaboratedWith |
Lev Landau
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Lev Pitaevskii ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology
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National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute ⓘ
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Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
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| familyName | Lifshitz ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
condensed matter physics
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cosmology ⓘ general relativity ⓘ statistical physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| fullName | Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz ⓘ |
| genre | physics textbook ⓘ |
| givenName | Evgeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | generations of theoretical physicists worldwide ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Landau–Lifshitz formulation of classical field theory
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Landau–Lifshitz pseudotensor in general relativity ⓘ Lifshitz points in phase transitions ⓘ Lifshitz theory of van der Waals forces ⓘ Lifshitz–Kosevich formula ⓘ co-authoring the multi-volume Course of Theoretical Physics ⓘ contributions to cosmology ⓘ contributions to general relativity ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
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Soviet school of theoretical physics
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Landau school of theoretical physics
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| nativeLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Landau–Lifshitz equations
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Landau–Lifshitz equation
Landau–Lifshitz equations ⓘ
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Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation
Lifshitz transition ⓘ |
| notableWork | Course of Theoretical Physics ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of the theoretical physics department at the Lebedev Physical Institute ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology
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Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics ⓘ Lebedev Physical Institute ⓘ |
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