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Revision as of 05:42, 12 October 2003 by RickK (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Lev Davidovich Landau (Лев Давидович Ландау) (January 22, 1908 - April 1, 1968) was a Russian physicist and mathematician.
Landau was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Russian Empire (now Baky, Azerbaijan).
He was a Nobel Laureate in Physics for the year 1962 for his pioneering theories of condensed matter, especially liquid helium. He is also admired for a prolific series of textbooks on theoretical physics.
He died in Moscow.
External link
- University of St Andrews page: http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Landau_Lev.html
- L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifshitz - Course of Theoretical Physics