Ilya Frank

Physicist, Academic

1908 – 1990

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Who was Ilya Frank?

Ilya Mikhailovich Frank was a Soviet winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1958 jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the Soviet Union. He received the award for his work in explaining the phenomenon of Cherenkov radiation. He received the Stalin prize in 1946 and 1953 and the USSR state prize in 1971.

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Born
Oct 23, 1908
Saint Petersburg
Ethnicity
  • Ashkenazi Jews
Nationality
  • Soviet Union
Profession
Education
  • Moscow State University
Died
Jun 22, 1990
Moscow

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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