Lev Landau (1908-1968) was a Soviet theoretical physicist awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1962 for his theory explaining the superfluid behavior of liquid helium at extremely low temperatures. Working for most of his career at the Institute for Physical Problems in Moscow, he made foundational contributions across condensed matter physics, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics and astrophysics, and with Evgeny Lifshitz began the multi-volume Course of Theoretical Physics that trained generations of physicists worldwide. In 1938, during the Stalinist purges, he was arrested and imprisoned for roughly a year on a fabricated charge before Pyotr Kapitsa intervened directly with the Soviet government to secure his release. A near fatal car accident in 1962, shortly before his Nobel Prize was announced, left him unable to continue active research for the rest of his life.
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WikipediaWikipedia article 'Lev Landau', Life > Early years section, first sentence (birth year)
Landau was born on 22 January 1908 to Jewish parents in Baku, the Russian Empire, in what is now Azerbaijan.
Wikipedia article 'Lev Landau', Life > Early years section, first sentence (birth date)
Landau was born on 22 January 1908 to Jewish parents in Baku, the Russian Empire, in what is now Azerbaijan.
Wikipedia article 'Lev Landau', Life > Early years section, first sentence (birthplace)
Landau was born on 22 January 1908 to Jewish parents in Baku, the Russian Empire, in what is now Azerbaijan.
Wikipedia article 'Lev Landau', Death section, first sentence (death year)
Landau died on 1 April 1968, aged 60, from complications of the injuries sustained in the car accident six years earlier.
Wikipedia article 'Lev Landau', Death section, first sentence (death date)
Landau died on 1 April 1968, aged 60, from complications of the injuries sustained in the car accident six years earlier.
Wikipedia article 'Lev Landau', lead paragraph, first sentence (nationality)
Lev Davidovich Landau (Russian: Лев Дави́дович Ланда́у; 22 January 1908-1 April 1968) was a Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics.
Wikipedia article 'Lev Landau', lead paragraph, first sentence (field)
Lev Davidovich Landau (Russian: Лев Дави́дович Ланда́у; 22 January 1908-1 April 1968) was a Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics.
Wikipedia article 'Lev Landau', lead paragraph, final sentence (notable work)
He received the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of a mathematical theory of superfluidity that accounts for the properties of liquid helium II at a temperature below 2.17 K (−270.98 °C).
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In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in recognition of his work on condensed matter (matter in the solid or liquid state).
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