When was Vitaly Ginzburg born?

Vitaly Ginzburg was born on 4 October 1916 in Moscow.

Where did Vitaly Ginzburg study?

Vitaly Ginzburg was educated at MSU Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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Vitaly Ginzburg

Russian physicist (1916–2009)

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Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg ForMemRS (Russian: Вита́лий Ла́заревич Ги́нзбург; 4 October [O.S. 21 September] 1916 – 8 November 2009) was a Russian physicist who was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003, together with Alexei Abrikosov and Anthony Leggett for their "pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids."

Quick facts

Born: 4 October 1916 wd
Place of birth: Moscow wd
Died: 8 November 2009 wd
Place of death: Moscow wd
Citizenship: Soviet Union, Russia wd
Occupation: physicist, astrophysicist, inventor, university teacher, scientist, theoretical physicist wd
Political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union wd
Education: MSU Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University wd
Spouse: Olga Zamsha Ginzburg, Nina Yermakova Ginzburg wd

Awards wd

Order of Lenin (1954)
UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal (1998)
Order of the Badge of Honour
Nobel Prize in Physics (2003)
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (2006)
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1996)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1991)
Lomonosov Gold Medal (1995)
Wolf Prize in Physics (1995)
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Lenin Prize (1966)
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1970)
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" (1948)
Fellow of the American Physical Society (2003)

About

He spent his career in the former Soviet Union and was one of the leading figure in former Soviet program of nuclear weapons, working towards designs of the thermonuclear devices. He became a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and succeeded Igor Tamm as head of the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FIAN). After the fall of the Soviet-Union Ginzburg presented himself as an atheist and became an outspoken critic of the Russian Orthodox clergy's influence in Russian society. Yet simultaneously, he publicly identified as an agnostic Jew, served on the board of directors of the Russian Jewish Congress, vocally fought what he considered anti-semitism in Russian society and was a very active supporter and fundraiser for Israel and Zionist causes.

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When was Vitaly Ginzburg born?: Vitaly Ginzburg was born on 4 October 1916 in Moscow.
Where did Vitaly Ginzburg study?: Vitaly Ginzburg was educated at MSU Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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