Yakov Zeldovich
1914 – 1987 · aged 73
Soviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914-1987)
- Born
- 1914 · Minsk
- Died
- 2 Dec 1987 · Moscow
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 1914BornBorn in Minsk
- 1943AwardStalin Prize, 2nd degree
- 1945AwardOrder of the Red Banner of Labour
- 1949AwardHero of Socialist Labour
- 1949AwardOrder of Lenin
- 1949AwardStalin Prize
- 1951AwardStalin Prize
- 1951AwardState Stalin Prize, 1st degree
- 1953AwardStalin Prize
- 1953AwardState Stalin Prize, 1st degree
- 1954Award"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal
- 1954AwardHero of Socialist Labour
- 1954AwardOrder of the Badge of Honour
- 2 Dec 1987DiedDied in Moscow
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1914 – 1987).
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
Biography
Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (Russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич, Belarusian: Я́каў Бары́савіч Зяльдо́віч; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB, was a leading Soviet physicist of Belarusian origin, who is known for his prolific contributions in physical cosmology, physics of thermonuclear reactions, combustion, and hydrodynamical phenomena.
From 1943, Zeldovich, a self-taught physicist, started his career by playing a crucial role in the development of the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons. In 1963, he returned to academia to embark on pioneering contributions on the fundamental understanding of the thermodynamics of black holes and expanding the scope of physical cosmology.
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