Isaak Kikoin
Isaak Kikoin | |
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Исаак Кикоин | |
Bust of Isaak Kikoin in Pskov | |
| Born | Isaak Kushelevich Kikoin March 28, 1908 |
| Died | December 28, 1984 (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) |
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