Lev Okun
Lev Okun · Science & Medicine
Physicist; particle physics and coined the term 'hadron'
1929, Sukhinichi, Soviet Union — 2015, Moscow, Russia
Soviet Union · Russia
Lev Okun is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; particle physics and coined the term 'hadron'
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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Physicist; particle physics and coined the term 'hadron'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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