Vitaly Ginzburg

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Nobel laureate in Physics Soviet scientist human theoretical physicist

Vitaly Ginzburg was a Soviet theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductivity and other areas of condensed matter physics.

Aliases (1)

Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → Soviet scientist → human → theoretical physicist →
awardReceived	Demidov Prize → Lenin Prize → Nobel Prize in Physics → Order of Lenin → Order of the Red Banner of Labour → Stalin Prize →
citizenship	Russia → Soviet Union →
coRecipientOfNobelPrizeWith	Alexei Abrikosov → Anthony J. Leggett →
countryOfBirth	Russian Empire →
countryOfDeath	Russia →
dateOfBirth	1916-10-04 →
dateOfDeath	2009-11-08 →
educatedAt	Moscow State University →
employer	P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute →
familyName	Ginzburg →
fieldOfWork	astrophysics → condensed matter physics → radio astronomy → theoretical physics →
fullName	Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg →
gender	male →
givenName	Vitaly NERFINISHED →
knownFor	Ginzburg–Landau theory of superconductivity → theory of superconductivity → theory of superfluidity → work on cosmic rays → work on high-temperature superconductivity → work on the Soviet hydrogen bomb project →
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian →
memberOf	Academy of Sciences of the USSR → Russian Academy of Sciences →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physics →
NobelPrizeMotivation	for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids →
NobelPrizeYear	2003 →
notableIdea	Ginzburg criterion in phase transitions → Ginzburg–Landau equations →
placeOfBirth	Moscow →
placeOfBurial	Novodevichy Cemetery →
placeOfDeath	Moscow →
positionHeld	head of the theoretical physics department at the Lebedev Physical Institute →
religion	atheism →
workedOn	Soviet thermonuclear weapons program →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ginzburg–Landau theory of superconductivity →	formulatedBy
Vitaly Ginzburg ("Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg") →	fullName
Ginzburg–Landau theory of superconductivity →	namedAfter