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Isaak Kikoin
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Isaak Konstantinovich (Kushelevich) Kikoin (Russian: Исаак Константинович (Кушелевич) Кикоин; 28 March 1908 – 28 December 1984), D.N., was a Soviet physicist and an author of physics textbooks in Russian language who played an important role in the Soviet nuclear weapons program.: 27 [1]
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Исаак Кикоин | |
![]() Bust of Isaak Kikoin in Pskov | |
Born | Isaak Kushelevich Kikoin (1908-03-28)March 28, 1908 |
Died | December 28, 1984(1984-12-28) (aged 76) Moscow, Russia in Soviet Union |
Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
Nationality | Lithuanian |
Citizenship | USSR |
Alma mater | Leningrad Polytechnic Institute |
Known for | Soviet atomic bomb project |
Awards | USSR State Prize Lenin Prize Hero of Socialist Labor |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Laboratory No. 2 Ural Polytechnic Institute Leningrad Polytechnic Institute |
Thesis | Photomagnetism (1936) |
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