1. Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov was a leading Soviet theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to many areas of theoretical physics, including general relativity, quantum field theory, as well as the theory of quantum liquids.
10 Facts About Isaak Khalatnikov
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Isaak Khalatnikov is well known for his role in developing the Landau-Khalatnikov theory of superfluidity and the so-called BKL conjecture in the general theory of relativity.
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Isaak Khalatnikov was born into a Ukrainian Jewish family in Yekaterinoslav and graduated from Dnipropetrovsk State University with a degree in Physics in 1941.
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Isaak Khalatnikov had been a member of the Communist Party since 1944.
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Isaak Khalatnikov directed the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Moscow from 1965 to 1992.
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Isaak Khalatnikov was elected to the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1984.
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Isaak Khalatnikov has been awarded the Landau Gold Medal, the Humboldt Prize, and the Marcel Grossmann Award.
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Isaak Khalatnikov was a foreign member of the Royal Society of London.
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Isaak Khalatnikov was portrayed by actor Georg Nikoloff in the film The Theory of Everything.
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Isaak Khalatnikov died in Chernogolovka on 9 January 2021, aged 101.