Anatoly Vlasov

Anatoly Vlasov
Born
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Vlasov

20 August [O.S. 7 August] 1908
Died22 December 1975(1975-12-22) (aged 67)
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forDevelopment of plasma physics, Vlasov equation
AwardsLenin Prize (1970)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsMoscow State University
Doctoral advisorIgor Tamm
Doctoral studentsSemyon Gershtein

Anatoly Aleksandrovich Vlasov (Russian: Анато́лий Алекса́ндрович Вла́сов; 20 August [O.S. 7 August] 1908 – 22 December 1975) was a Russian, later Soviet, theoretical physicist prominent in the fields of statistical mechanics, kinetics, and especially in plasma physics.