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Birth of Igor Tamm

8 July 1895

Soviet physicist (1895–1971). Igor Tamm was born on 8 July 1895 in what is now the Russian Federation. Igor Tamm is remembered as a theoretical physicist, inventor and university teacher, a citizen of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Notable works include “Cherenkov radiation” and “Frank–Tamm formula”.

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