Semyon Alexandrovich Altshuler was a Soviet physicist known for his work in resonance spectroscopy and in particular for theoretical prediction of acoustic paramagnetic resonance in 1952.
11 Facts About Semen Altshuler
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Semen Altshuler was born in 1911 in Vitebsk, in the Russian Empire.
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Semen Altshuler finished school in Nizhny Novgorod and later moved to Kazan, where he spent most of his life.
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Semen Altshuler graduated in 1932 and obtained a post-graduate scholarship, but had to change university due to the scholarship rules.
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Semen Altshuler moved to Moscow to study with Igor Tamm whom he admired for his books on electricity and magnetism.
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In 1934, Semen Altshuler was recalled to Kazan by Evgeny Zavoisky who offered him a position of lecturer and a chair of the theoretical physics group.
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In Kazan, Semen Altshuler closely collaborated with Zavoisky in his search for nuclear magnetic resonance and electron paramagnetic resonance.
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Semen Altshuler returned to Kazan University in 1946, to work on the phenomenon of electron paramagnetic resonance, newly discovered by Zavoisky.
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Semen Altshuler continued working on the resonance phenomena at Kazan University for the rest of his life.
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Semen Altshuler died in 1983, leaving a school of students which included 10 professors and more than 40 PhD-level scientists.
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Semen Altshuler received the Order of the Red Star, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Order of the Badge of Honour.