Vitaly Ginzburg

Vitaly Ginzburg
Виталий Гинзбург
Born
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg

(1916-10-04)4 October 1916
Died8 November 2009(2009-11-08) (aged 93)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Nationality Russia
Alma materMoscow State University (KN 1938) (DN 1942)
Known forGinzburg–Landau theory
Ginzburg criterion
Transition radiation
Undulator
Spouse(s)Olga Zamsha Ginzburg (1937–1946; divorced; 1 child)
Nina Yermakova Ginzburg
(m. 1946)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsP. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Doctoral advisorIgor Tamm
Doctoral studentsViatcheslav Mukhanov
Leonid Keldysh

Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg, ForMemRS[1] (Russian: Вита́лий Ла́заревич Ги́нзбург; 4 October 1916 – 8 November 2009) was a Russian physicist who was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003, together with Alexei Abrikosov and Anthony Leggett for their "pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids."[2]

His career in physics was spent in the former Soviet Union and was one of the leading figure in former Soviet program of nuclear weapons, working towards designs of the thermonuclear devices.[3][4] He became a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and succeeded Igor Tamm as head of the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FIAN). In his later life, Ginzburg become an outspoken atheist and was critical of clergy's influence in Russian society.[5]

  1. ^ a b Longair, M. S. (2011). "Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg. 4 October 1916 – 8 November 2009". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 57: 129–146. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2011.0002. S2CID 71295700.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2003". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved November 9, 2009.
  3. ^ Thomas H. Maugh II (November 10, 2009). "Vitaly Ginzburg dies at 93; Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference ufn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Nikonov, Vyacheslav (September 30, 2004). "Physicists have nothing to do with miracles". Social Sciences (3): 148–150. Retrieved September 9, 2007.