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Alexej Alexejevič Abrikosov
1928 – 2017
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryAlexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov was a Russian-American theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter physics. He was the co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics, with Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony James Leggett, for theories about how matter can behave at extremely low temperatures.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 25, 1928
Moscow
Date of death
March 29, 2017
Palo Alto
Citizenship
Russia · United States · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
physicistuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
USSR State PrizeNobel Prize in PhysicsFritz London AwardLenin PrizeLandau Gold Medalhonorary doctorate from University of Orléans
Notable works
condensed matter physics
- Field and occupation
- fyzik z Rusko
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