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Born January 22, 1908 • Baku • Azerbaijan
Died April 1, 1968 (aged 60) • Moscow • Russia
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1962)
Notable Works “Course of Theoretical Physics”
Subjects Of Study Landau damping • Landau straggling • atom • energy • helium • low-temperature phenomenon • plasma • star • superfluidity

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