Lev Pitaevskii
Lev Pitaevskii · Science & Medicine
Co-author of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation of Bose-Einstein condensates; Onsager Prize (2021)
1933, Saratov, Soviet Union — 2022, Italy
Soviet Union / Russia · Italy
Lev Pitaevskii is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Co-author of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation of Bose-Einstein condensates; Onsager Prize (2021)
Lev Pitaevskii was a theoretical physicist who co-authored, with Eugene Gross, the Gross-Pitaevskii equation describing Bose-Einstein condensates, a cornerstone of ultracold-atom physics, and co-wrote volumes of the celebrated Landau-Lifshitz course. He received the Onsager Prize. He was born into a Jewish family in Saratov.
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Co-author of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation of Bose-Einstein condensates; Onsager Prize (2021)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Lars Onsager Prize
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