Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm was a Soviet physicist. With Ilya Frank, he developed the theoretical explanation of the Cherenkov effect that had been observed by Pavel Cherenkov, work for which the three shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics. Tamm also predicted the existence of the phonon and helped propose the tokamak design later used in efforts to achieve controlled thermonuclear fusion.
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P27 (country of citizenship): Russian Empire
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P20 (place of death): Moscow, Russia
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P27 (country of citizenship): Soviet Union
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P19 (place of birth): Vladivostok, Russia
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P800 (notable work): Cherenkov radiation
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P800 (notable work): Frank-Tamm formula
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Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (; 8 July 1895-12 April 1971) was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Cherenkov and Ilya Frank, for their 1934 discovery and demonstration of Cherenkov radiation.
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