Landau
A Great Physicist and Teacher
A. Livanova(Author)
Pergamon (Publisher)
Published in June 1980
Book
Hardback
226 pages
978-0-08-023076-4 (ISBN)
Description
A biography of Lev Landau, one of the greatest Soviet theoretical physicists, whose career was cut short by a catastrophic car accident in 1962 and who was still only sixty when he died six years later. He won the Nobel Prize 'for pioneering work on the theory of the condensed state of matter, particularly liquid helium'. But the book shows that Landau's characterisation of himself as 'one of the last of the universal men of theoretical physics' was fully justified. Clearly and concisely it describes his achievements in all areas of theoretical physics from hydrodynamics to the quantum theory of fields. Attention is also paid to his genius as a teacher and mentor of young scientists, and throughout the book the true humanity of the man is evident
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Language
English
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Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
14ill.
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-08-023076-4 (9780080230764)
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Content
(partial) Preface An introduction Another introduction Years, cities, institutes... The school of Landau The theory of the superfluidity of liquid helium Dau away from physics Appendix