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Vitaly Ginzburg
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg (Russian: Виталий Лазаревич Гинзбург; born October 4 1916 in Moscow) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the successor to Igor Tamm as head of the Department of Theoretical Physics of Academy's physics institute (FIAN), and an outspoken atheist.[1] Additional recommended knowledgeLife and workHe was born to a Jewish family in Moscow in 1916 and graduated from the Physics Faculty of Moscow State University in 1938, defended candidate's (Ph.D.) dissertation in 1940 and doctor's dissertation in 1942. Since 1940 up to present time (as of 2004) he works in the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow. Among his achievements are a partially phenomenological theory of superconductivity (Ginzburg-Landau theory), developed with Landau in 1950, the theory of electromagnetic wave propagation in plasmas such as the ionosphere, and a theory of the origin of cosmic radiation. In the 1950s he played a key role in the development of the Soviet hydrogen bomb. Ginzburg identify himself as a secular Jew and since the collapse of communism in the former USSR, he is very active in the Jewish life, especially in Russia, where he served at the board of directors of the Russian Jewish Congress. He's also well known for fighting anti-Semitism and supporting the state of Israel.[2]. Honors
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