Efim Fradkin
Efim Fradkin · Science & Medicine
Theoretical physicist; quantum field theory and quantum gravity
1924, Shchedrin (now Belarus) — 1999, Moscow, Russia
Soviet Union · Russia
Efim Fradkin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Theoretical physicist; quantum field theory and quantum gravity
A Soviet Jewish theoretical physicist at the Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Fradkin made lasting contributions to quantum field theory, quantum statistics and quantum gravity — including work with Batalin on the quantisation of gauge theories (the Batalin–Fradkin–Vilkovisky formalism). He received the ICTP Dirac Medal in 1989. He was Jewish.
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Theoretical physicist; quantum field theory and quantum gravity
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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