Evgeny Lifshitz
Evgeny Lifshitz | |
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Евгений Лифшиц | |
| Born | Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz 21 February 1915 Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 October 1985 (aged 70) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Known for | Lifshitz theory of van der Waals force Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation Landau–Lifshitz model BKL singularity Lifschitz point Landau–Lifshitz force Landau–Lifshitz pseudotensor Landau–Lifshitz aeroacoustic equation Course of Theoretical Physics |
| Awards | Lenin Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Kharkov Kharkov Polytechnic Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Lev Landau |
| Doctoral students | Lev Pitaevskii |
Evgeny Mikhailovich Lifshitz ForMemRS (Russian: Евге́ний Миха́йлович Ли́фшиц; Ukrainian: Євге́н Миха́йлович Лі́фшиць; 21 February 1915 – 29 October 1985) was a leading Soviet physicist and brother of the physicist Ilya Lifshitz.