Lev Landau was born on 9 January 1908 in Baku. A Soviet theoretical physicist, Landau made fundamental contributions to many areas of physics, including superfluidity, quantum field theory, plasma physics and the theory of phase transitions. He explained the superfluidity of liquid helium, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1962. With Evgeny Lifshitz he wrote an influential multivolume Course of Theoretical Physics. A charismatic teacher, he created a famous entrance exam called the theoretical minimum for his students. He was briefly imprisoned in 1938 for criticism of Stalin. A car accident in 1962 left him severely injured and unable to work.
Before and after
- from 1908 to 1946Kingdom of Bulgaria
- from 1908 to 1913Geiger–Marsden experiment
- 1908Founding of Cairo University
- 1908Identification of Takayasu's arteritis
- 9 January 1908Birth of Lev Landau
- 9 January 1908Birth of Simone de Beauvoir
- 27 January 1908Discovery of Pasiphae
- 9 March 1908Founding of Inter Milan
- 1 April 1908Birth of Abraham Maslow
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