Yakov Zeldovich
Soviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914-1987)
Key facts
- Born
- Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, (Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич) , 8 March 1914, Minsk , Minsk Governorate , Russian Empire , (now Minsk in Belarus )
- Died
- 2 December 1987 (1987-12-02) (aged 73), Moscow, Russia , Soviet Union
- Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow
- Siglum
- YaB
- Citizenship
- USSR
- Alma mater
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Awards
- Friedmann Prize (2002) , Dirac Medal (1985) , Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1983) , Bruce Medal (1983) , Kurchatov Medal (1977) , Lenin Prize (1957) , Hero of Socialist Labor (1949, 1954, 1956)
- Fields
- Physics
- Institutions
- Institute of Chemical Physics , Moscow State University , Sternberg Astronomical Institute
- Thesis
- Theory of Nitrogen Oxidation (1939)
- Doctoral advisor
Article
Expansion · Future
Hubble's law · Redshift
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1914 births1987 deathsAcademic staff of Moscow State UniversityBelarusian astronomersBelarusian atheistsBelarusian inventorsBelarusian secular JewsFluid dynamicistsForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesForeign members of the Royal SocietyFull Members of the USSR Academy of SciencesHeroes of Socialist Labour