Valery Pokrovsky
Valery Pokrovsky · Science & Medicine
Physicist; phase transitions and condensed matter theory
1931, Soviet Union
Russia (USSR) · United States
Valery Pokrovsky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; phase transitions and condensed matter theory
Valery Pokrovsky is a Soviet-born theoretical physicist, a member of the Landau Institute and Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University, known for foundational work on phase transitions and condensed-matter theory, including the Pokrovsky–Talapov transition. He is documented as Jewish in Jinfo's directory of Jews in physics, and faced antisemitic obstacles to his university career in the Soviet era.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
Physicist; phase transitions and condensed matter theory
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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