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Born July 8, 1895 • Vladivostok • Russia
Died April 12, 1971 (aged 75) • Moscow • Soviet Union
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize
Subjects Of Study Cherenkov radiation

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Ilya Mikhaylovich Frank.
Ilya Mikhaylovich Frank
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Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov
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Lev Davidovich Landau
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Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa
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Vitaly Ginzburg
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Nikolay Basov
Nikolay Basov
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Abrikosov, Alexey A.
Alexey A. Abrikosov
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Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Prokhorov
Soviet physicist
Konstantin Novoselov
Konstantin Novoselov
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Alferov, Zhores
Zhores Alferov
Russian physicist
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Albert Einstein
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Max Planck
Max Planck
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Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi
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Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
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P.A.M. Dirac
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J.J. Thomson
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Richard Feynman
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