Yakov Zeldovich

1914 - 1987

country of citizenship: Russian Empire, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union

languages spoken, written or signed: Russian

educated at: Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Saint Petersburg University, Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Saint Petersburg State University

occupation: physicist, astrophysicist, inventor, chemist, university teacher

award received: Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Kurchatov Medal, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Bruce Medal, Lenin Prize, "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal, Numa Manson Medal, Friedmann Prize, ICTP Dirac Medal, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

student of: Nikolay Semyonov

Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (Russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич, Belarusian: Я́каў Бары́савіч Зяльдо́віч; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB, D.N. was a leading Soviet physicist , 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)