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Lev Davidovich Landau Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Lev Davidovich Landau, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Russia.

3 records1956–19623 events2 places

Chronological biography

1956

Fermi Liquid Theory of Electrons1956
Science / Physics · Physicist · Moscow

Develops the Fermi-liquid description of interacting electrons in metals as long-lived quasiparticles near the Fermi surface.

1962

Condensed Matter Theory10 December 1962
Science / Physics · Theoretical Physicist · Stockholm

The achievement marks condensed matter theory as an important Russian scientific milestone.

Nobel Prize in Physics10 December 1962
Science / Physics · Theoretical Physicist · Stockholm

Receives the Nobel Prize for pioneering theories of condensed matter.

Titles and roles

Physicist · Theoretical Physicist

Record provenance

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