Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich Scientist

Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich ForMemRS (Belarusian: Якаў Барысавіч Зяльдовіч, Russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987) was a prolific Soviet physicist born in Belarus. He played an important role in the development of Soviet nuclear and thermonuclear weapons, and made important contributions to the fields of adsorption and catalysis, shock waves, nuclear physics, particle physics, astrophysics, physical cosmology, and general relativity.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 03, 1914
Birth place
Belarus , Minsk , Russian Empire
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Date of deathDecember 02, 1987
Education
Saint Petersburg State University
Known for
Astrophysics
Soviet atomic bomb project

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Scientist

awards
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the October Revolution
Field of study
Physics
notable student
Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov
Sergei Shandarin

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