Alexei Fridman Scientist

Alexey Maksimovich Fridman was a Soviet physicist specializing in astrophysics, physics of gravitating systems and plasma physics. He discovered new types of instabilities in gravitating media, created the theory of planetary rings and predicted the existence of small Uranus satellites that were later discovered. He also developed hydrodynamic theory of the spiral structure in galaxies. Fridman worked at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, INASAN [2], and was professor of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Moscow State University.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Fridman Alexey
Birth date	February 17, 1940
Birth place	Moscow , Soviet Union
Citizenship	Soviet Union Israel
Date of death	October 29, 2010
Place of death	Jerusalem , Israel
Education	Novosibirsk State University
Known for	Astrophysics

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Scientist

awards	USSR State Prize State Prize of the Russian Federation Order Manas III extent
doctoral advisor	Roald Sagdeev
Field of study	Physics Astrophysics
influenced by	Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich Mikhail Leontovich Gersh Budker David A. Frank-Kamenetskii