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Igor Tamm

Soviet physicist (1895–1971)

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Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm 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. He also predicted the quasi-particle of sound: the phonon; and in 1951, together with Andrei Sakharov, proposed the Tokamak system.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Vladivostok wd
Died
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Place of death
Moscow wd
Citizenship
Russian Empire, Soviet Union wd
Occupation
theoretical physicist, inventor, university teacher, physicist wd
Education
University of Edinburgh, MSU Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University wd
Spouse
Nataliya Shuyskaya wd

Awards wd

  • Stalin Prize
  • Order of Lenin
  • Hero of Socialist Labour (1954)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1958)
  • Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
  • Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
  • Lomonosov Gold Medal (1967)
  • Order of the Red Banner of Labour
  • Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
  • State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (1946)

Questions

When was Igor Tamm born?
Igor Tamm was born on 8 July 1895 in Vladivostok.
Where did Igor Tamm study?
Igor Tamm was educated at University of Edinburgh, MSU Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Igor Tamm · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q155759 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Igor Tamm.jpg by Nobel foundation (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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