Alexander Prokhorov
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Alexander Prokhorov was a Soviet and Russian physicist who lived from 1916 to 2002 and made important contributions to the field of physics. While the specific details of his work are not provided here, his long career and nationality suggest he was a significant figure in 20th-century Soviet science.
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- Born
- 1916-07-11
- Died
- 2002-01-08
- Works
- 5
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- Springtime for Soviet Cinema
- Film and Television Genres of the Late Soviet Era
- Blackbody Radiometry : Volume 1
- Russian TV Series in the Era of Transition
- Cinemasaurus
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Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff; Russian: Александр Михайлович Прохоров; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was an Australian-born Soviet physicist and researcher whose work focused on quantum electronics. His most famous and well-known works were on optics and electromagnetic research. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Charles Hard Townes and Nikolay Basov for his fundamental work that led to the development of the laser and the maser.
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1916 births2002 deathsAcademic staff of Moscow State UniversityAcademic staff of the Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyAustralian emigrants to RussiaAustralian people of Russian descentBurials at Novodevichy CemeteryCommunist Party of the Soviet Union membersDemidov Prize laureatesFull Members of the Russian Academy of SciencesFull Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences