Landau
A Great Physicist and Teacher
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Authors: A. Livanova, J. B. Sykes
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 5 5 4 - 2
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… Read more
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Request a sales quoteA 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
Reference work for students of physics; university libraries
(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
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9781483285542
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