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Vladimir Berestetsky

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Vladimir Berestetsky · Science & Medicine

What

Theoretical physicist; quantum electrodynamics

When

1913, Kharkiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1977, Moscow, Soviet Union

Where

Soviet Union

Biography

Vladimir Berestetsky is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Theoretical physicist; quantum electrodynamics

How & why

Vladimir Borisovich Berestetsky was a Soviet theoretical physicist who made major contributions to quantum electrodynamics and elementary-particle theory, and co-authored the classic 'Quantum Electrodynamics' (volume 4 of the Landau–Lifshitz Course of Theoretical Physics) with Lifshitz and Pitaevskii. He was born into a Jewish family in Kharkiv; his work is documented on Jinfo's roster of Jewish physicists.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

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Theoretical physicist; quantum electrodynamics

1913

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics