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Lev Landau
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Lev Landau

Inventor · born January 22, 1908 · died 1968

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Lev Davidovich Landau was a Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics. He was considered as one of the last scientists who were universally well-versed and made seminal contributions to all branches of physics.

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  1. 35Received the Order of the Badge of HonourApril 30, 1943
  2. ~37Received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour1945
  3. ~41Received the Order of Lenin1949
  4. ~46Named Hero of Socialist Labour1954
  5. ~54Received the Nobel Prize in Physics1962
  6. ~60Received the Lenin Prize1968

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