Lev Landau

✶January 22, 1908

†April 1, 1968

No one has lit a candle yet. Be the first.

About their life

Lev Davidovich Landau was a Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics. He was considered as one of the last scientists who were universally well-versed and made seminal contributions to all branches of physics. He is credited with laying the foundations of twentieth century condensed matter physics, and is also considered arguably the greatest Soviet theoretical physicist.

Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968)

☆ Follow

Biography from the article Lev Landau on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.