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Science & Medicine

Yakov Zeldovich

Who

Yakov Zeldovich · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; astrophysics, cosmology and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect

When

1914, Minsk, Russia (Soviet Union) — 1987, Moscow, Soviet Union

Where

Soviet Union

Biography

Yakov Zeldovich is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; astrophysics, cosmology and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect

How & why

Zeldovich, a Soviet Jewish physicist, made landmark contributions across combustion, nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology, including the Sunyaev–Zeldovich effect and models of the growth of cosmic structure. Largely self-taught, he became one of the twentieth century's most versatile physicists.

Sources & external links

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

Contributions & Sources

Physicist; astrophysics, cosmology and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect

1914

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics