Lev Davidovich Landau was a Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics. He was also involved in the design of the Soviet atomic bomb. Wikipedia
Born: January 22, 1908, Baku, Azerbaijan
Died: April 1, 1968 (age 60 years), Moscow, Russia
Spouse: Kora Landau-Drobantseva (m. 1937)
Notable students: Evgeny Lifshitz, Alexei Abrikosov, Lev Pitaevskii, and more
Awards: USSR State Prize (1946), Max Planck Medal (1960), and Nobel Prize in Physics (1962)
Parents: Lyubov Veniaminovna Harkavi and David Lvovich Landau
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