Oleg Lavrentiev | |
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Олег Лаврентьев | |
Born | Pskov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | July 26, 1926
Died | February 10, 2011 Kharkiv, Ukraine | (aged 84)
Citizenship | Russia |
Alma mater | Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Website | iter.org |
Oleg Alexandrovich Lavrentiev (Ukrainian: Лаврентьєв Олег Олександрович; July 7, 1926 – February 10, 2011[1]) was a physicist who worked on the Soviet atomic bomb project and whose research contributions were fundamental to the understanding of thermonuclear fusion.