Igor Tamm

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Igor Tamm was a Soviet theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on the theory of Cherenkov radiation and contributions to nuclear and particle physics.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physics
Soviet scientist
human
theoretical physicist
awardReceived Hero of Socialist Labour NERFINISHED
Nobel Prize in Physics
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour NERFINISHED
Stalin Prize NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath illness
contributedTo development of Soviet thermonuclear weapons theory
quantum field theory
theory of beta decay
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Soviet Union
countryOfDeath Soviet Union NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1895-07-08
dateOfDeath 1971-04-12
doctoralAdvisor Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam NERFINISHED
educatedAt Moscow State University NERFINISHED
University of Edinburgh
employer Lebedev Physical Institute NERFINISHED
Moscow State University NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Baltic German NERFINISHED
familyName Tamm NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork nuclear physics
particle physics
solid-state physics
theoretical physics
givenName Igor NERFINISHED
knownFor Tamm–Dancoff approximation NERFINISHED
surface states in solid-state physics
theory of Cherenkov radiation
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
memberOf Academy of Sciences of the USSR NERFINISHED
Soviet Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED
movement Soviet nuclear program
nativeLanguage Russian
nobleTitle none
notableStudent Andrei Sakharov NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Primorskaya Oblast NERFINISHED
Vladivostok NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Moscow
positionHeld head of the Theoretical Department at the Lebedev Physical Institute
religion atheism
sexOrGender male
workLocation Moscow

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