Yuriy Rumer | |
|---|---|
 Rumer c. 1920s | |
| Born | 28 April 1901 |
| Died | 1 February 1985 (aged 83) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Awards | Order of the Badge of Honour |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | MSU Faculty of Physics Novosibirsk State University |
| Doctoral students | Valery Pokrovsky |
Yuri Borisovich Rumer (Russian: Юрий Борисович Румер, 28 April 1901 – 1 February 1985) was a Soviet theoretical physicist, who mostly worked in the fields of quantum mechanics and quantum optics. Known in the West as Georg Rumer, he was a close friend of Lev Landau, and was arrested with him during the Great Purge in 1938.