Biography:Mikhail Leontovich

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Mikhail Leontovich
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Born
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Leontovich

(1903-03-07)March 7, 1903
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
DiedMarch 30, 1981(1981-03-30) (aged 78)
EducationSc.D., Physics and Mathematics
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forPlasma physics, radiophysics
AwardsLenin Prize (1958)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsMSU
Websitehttp://fpfe.mipt.ru/bazekafedras/ptf/ptf.html

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Leontovich (Russian: Михаил Александрович Леонтович; 7 March 1903 – 30 March 1981) was a Soviet physicist, member of Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, specializing in plasma and radiophysics.[1]

He was awarded:

  • Three Orders of Lenin
  • Five Orders of the Red Banner of Labour
  • Lenin Prize

References

  1. De Boer, S. P.; Driessen, Evert; Verhaar, Hendrik (1982). "Leontovič, Mikhail Aleksandrovič". Biographical dictionary of dissidents in the Soviet Union: 1956–1975. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 315. ISBN 9024725380. https://books.google.com/books?id=1IQzecjGQX0C&pg=PA315. 

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