15 Facts About Victor Veselago

Victor Georgievich Veselago was a Soviet Russian physicist, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, and a university professor.

Victor Veselago's published paper was key to the advancement of physics research in electrodynamics and optics.

Victor Veselago received awards and continued to contribute to electrodynamics throughout his career.

Victor Veselago then studied under the author of the book, Professor Semen Emmanuilovich Khaikin, for three summers at the P N Lebedev FIAN Radioastronomy Station in Crimea.

Victor Veselago studied under Professor Sergei Mikhailovich Rytov, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, who lectured on the theory of oscillations.

Victor Veselago was on the advisory board of the peer reviewed journal Metamaterials, along with a number of other notable board members who have significantly contributed to metamaterial research.

Victor Veselago hypothesized that negative refraction can occur if both the permittivity and the magnetic permeability of a material are negative.

Victor Veselago predicted a flat plate consisting of these materials will produce some curved lens properties.

Victor Veselago stated that many of these formulas need to be corrected.

Victor Veselago perceived that the next big breakthrough with metamaterials will be the fabrication of transparent low-absorption metamaterials with negative refraction in the visible spectrum range.

Victor Veselago attended Moscow University and graduated from there in 1952.

Victor Veselago received his PhD in 1959 for investigation of molecular spectra with radiospectropy.

Victor Veselago later received a Doctor of Science degree in Solid State Physics in 1974 for his investigation of solid states in magnetic fields.

Victor Veselago was married and had three daughters along with one son.

Victor Veselago's favorite animal was a female cat named Fifa.