Lev Landau

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Soviet scientist human theoretical physicist

Lev Landau was a Soviet theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work in condensed matter physics and quantum theory, for which he received the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Aliases (1)

Lev Davidovich Landau ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet scientist → human → theoretical physicist →
awardReceived	Fritz London Memorial Prize → Lenin Prize → Max Planck Medal → Nobel Prize in Physics → Stalin Prize →
causeOfDeath	complications of car accident injuries →
citizenship	Soviet Union →
coAuthor	Evgeny Lifshitz →
countryOfBirth	Russian Empire →
countryOfDeath	Soviet Union →
dateOfBirth	1908-01-22 →
dateOfDeath	1968-04-01 →
educatedAt	Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute → Leningrad State University →
employer	Institute for Physical Problems → Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology → Lebedev Physical Institute → Moscow State University →
familyName	Landau →
fieldOfWork	condensed matter physics → low-temperature physics → nuclear physics → plasma physics → quantum field theory → quantum mechanics → superfluidity → theoretical physics →
fullName	Lev Davidovich Landau →
givenName	Lev →
knownFor	Ginzburg–Landau theory → Landau Fermi-liquid theory → Landau damping → Landau levels → Landau pole → Landau theory of second-order phase transitions → Landau–Lifshitz equations → Landau–Peierls instability → Landau–Pomeranchuk–Migdal effect → Landau–Zener formula → theory of superfluidity of helium-4 →
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian →
memberOf	Academy of Sciences of the USSR →
NobelPrizeFor	pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium →
NobelPrizeYear	1962 →
notableWork	Course of Theoretical Physics →
patronymicName	Davidovich →
placeOfBirth	Baku →
placeOfDeath	Moscow →
religion	atheism →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Kharkiv → Moscow →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Moscow State University → University of Kharkiv →	hasNotableAlumni
Ginzburg–Landau theory of superconductivity → Landau theory of second-order phase transitions →	namedAfter
Fermi liquid theory →	developedBy
Ginzburg–Landau theory of superconductivity →	formulatedBy
Lev Landau ("Lev Davidovich Landau") →	fullName
Leningrad State University →	hasAlumnus
Leningrad State University →	hasFacultyMember
University of Kharkiv →	hasNotableFaculty
Max Planck Medal →	hasRecipient
Niels Bohr →	influenced
Lev Okun →	influencedBy
Landau theory of second-order phase transitions →	introducedBy
Lev →	isGivenNameOf
Lomonosov Gold Medal →	notableLaureate
Niels Bohr Institute →	notableStudent