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Abram Ioffe

Soviet physicist (1880-1960) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 79

Abram Fedorovich Ioffe was a Russian and Soviet physicist. He received the Stalin Prize (1942) and the Lenin Prize (1961) (posthumously). Ioffe was an expert in various areas of solid state physics and electromagnetism.

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Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Paris1945
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree1942
Order of Lenin
Hero of Socialist Labour
Lenin Prize
Honored Scientist of the RSFSR
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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He established research laboratories for radioactivity, superconductivity, and nuclear physics, many of which became independent institutes. He has been described as the "father of Soviet physics".

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1880 to 1960 · aged 79