Minsk, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Minsk in Belarus)
Died
2 December 1987(1987-12-02) (aged 73)
Moscow, Russia in Soviet Union
Resting place
Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow
Nationality
Belarusian
Siglum
YaB
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Alma mater
Saint Petersburg State University
Known for
Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect ZND detonation model Zeldovich approximation Zeldovich antidynamo theorem Zeldovich equation of state Zeldovich factor Zeldovich mechanism Zeldovich number Zeldovich pancake Zeldovich radiation Harrison–Zeldovich spectrum Zeldovich streaming model Zeldovich regularization Zeldovich spontaneous wave Zeldovich–Liñán model Zeldovich–Taylor flow BZT fluid Shvab–Zeldovich formulation ZFK equation Activation energy asymptotics Diffusive–thermal instability Gravitational memory effect Method of matched asymptotic expansions Primordial black hole Self-similar solution of the second kind Vector current conservation hypothesis
Awards
Friedmann Prize (2002) Dirac Medal (1985) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1983) Bruce Medal (1983) Kurchatov Medal (1977) Lenin Prize (1957) Hero of Socialist Labor (1949, 1954, 1956)
Scientific career
Fields
Physics
Institutions
Institute of Chemical Physics Moscow State University Sternberg Astronomical Institute
Thesis
Theory of Nitrogen Oxidation(1939)
Doctoral advisor
Aleksandr Frumkin
Doctoral students
Sergei Kopeikin
Marina Romanova
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Rashid Sunyaev Roman Juszkiewicz Igor Novikov Sergei Shandarin Alexei Starobinsky Vladimir M. Lipunov Victor Shvartsman Varun Sahni Deborah Dultzin
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Yakov Borisovich ZeldovichForMemRS[1] (Russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич, Belarusian: Я́каў Бары́савіч Зяльдо́віч; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB,[2]D.N. was a leading Soviet physicist of Belarusian origin, who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reactions, combustion, and hydrodynamical phenomena.[3]
From 1943, Zeldovich, a self-taught physicist, started his career by playing a crucial role in the development of the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons. In 1963, he returned to academia to embark on pioneering contributions on the fundamental understanding of the thermodynamics of black holes and expanding the scope of physical cosmology.[4]
^Ginzburg, V. L. (1994). "Yakov Borissovich Zeldovich. 8 March 1914–2 December 1987". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 40: 430–441. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1994.0049. S2CID 122681428.
^"YaB-100 – Homepage". master.sai.msu.ru. sai-msu. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
^Ya. B. Zel'dovich and Yu. P. Raizer; ed. by Wallace D. Hayes and Ronald F. Probstein (2002). Physics of shock waves and high-temperature hydrodynamic phenomena (Reprod. ed.). Mineola: N.Y. ISBN 0-486-42002-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Cite error: The named reference nuclear weapon archives Sublette was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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Russian-American physicist and a son of the famous Soviet physicist Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich. He was doctor of the Physical and Mathematical sciences (from...
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