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Mark Azbel

Who

Mark Azbel · Science & Medicine

What

Condensed matter physicist; electronic properties of metals

When

1932, Poltava, Ukrainian SSR (Soviet Union) — 2020, Israel

Where

Ukraine · Moscow · Israel

Biography

Mark Azbel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Condensed matter physicist; electronic properties of metals

How & why

Mark Azbel was a theoretical condensed-matter physicist who explained the electronic properties of metals, including cyclotron resonance and the Azbel–Kaner effect and work on electron energy spectra in magnetic fields. A Soviet Jew, he became a leader of the Moscow 'refusenik seminar' after being refused permission to emigrate to Israel; allowed out in 1977, he joined Tel Aviv University.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

Contributions & Sources

Condensed matter physicist; electronic properties of metals

1932

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics