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Lev Okun

Who

Lev Okun · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; particle physics and coined the term 'hadron'

When

1929, Sukhinichi, Soviet Union — 2015, Moscow, Russia

Where

Soviet Union · Russia

Biography

Lev Okun is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; particle physics and coined the term 'hadron'

How & why

Okun was a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to particle physics and coined the term 'hadron' for strongly interacting particles. Working at the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics in Moscow, he wrote influential texts on weak interactions and the concept of mass. He was born into a Jewish family in the Soviet Union.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

Contributions & Sources

Physicist; particle physics and coined the term 'hadron'

1929

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics