Abram Ioffe
Abram Ioffe · Science & Medicine
Physicist; 'father of Soviet physics', semiconductor research
1880, Romny, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1960, Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Russian Empire · Soviet Union
Abram Ioffe is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; 'father of Soviet physics', semiconductor research
Abram Fyodorovich Ioffe was a Soviet physicist often called the 'father of Soviet physics', who founded the Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute and pioneered research on semiconductors, crystal mechanics and thermoelectric generation. He trained a generation of leading Soviet physicists. He was Jewish.
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Physicist; 'father of Soviet physics', semiconductor research
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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