Lev Landau

Lev Davidovich Landau (Russian: Лев Давидович Ландау) (22 January 1908 – 1 April 1968), was a famous Soviet physicist for contributing to theoretical physics.

He was elected as a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1946. He was a Foreign Member of Royal Society of London (1960), National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1960), Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (1951), Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (1956), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1960) and German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1964), French Physical Society and the London Physical Society.

He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution to the Mathematical Theory of Superfluidity. He also got titles or awards: Hero of Socialist Labor (1954). Max Planck Medal (Germany, 1960), Fritz London Prize (1960), USSR State Prize: Lenin Prize (1962) and Stalin Prizes (1946, 1949, 1953).

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 Lev Davidovich Landau (Russian)
 Gershtein, Semyon Solomonovich  Великий ал XX века (к 100-летию Льва Давидовича андау) (Russian)
 Khalatnikov, Isaak Markovich  Дау, авр и другие. авы (Russian)
 Berestetsky, Vladimir Borisovich  Лев Давидович Ландау (К пятидесятилетию со дня рождения) // Physical Sciences, 1958. (Russian)
 Ginzburg, Vitaly Lazarevich  Лев авидович Ландау (К со дня рождения) // Advanced Physical Sciences, January 1968. (Russian)
 «Десять заповедей Ландау»  — Documentary (Russian)
 «ДЕЛО УФТИ»  (published by Yu. N. Raniuk)  (Russian)
 Документы дела 1938 года на сайте, посвящённом Моисею Корецу (Russian)
 Как рождался «Курс теоретической физики», Gorelik, Gennady Efimovich  (Russian)
 Теорминимум Ландау (Russian)
 Из досье КГБ а академика Ландау (Russian) (Записка КГБ ЦК КПСС, 1957 год   )
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