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Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov

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Soviet physicist (1922-2001)

ScientistsLived 1922 to 2001 · aged 78
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Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov was a Soviet physicist and educator. For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes.

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1998Fellow of the American Physical Society
1997Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
1991Edward Teller Award
1990Lomonosov Gold Medal
1989USSR State Prize
1986Kalinga Prize
1985Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
1985honorary doctorate of the University Polytechnic of Madrid
1982Order of Lenin
1982Hero of Socialist Labour
1982"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal
1975Order of Lenin
1972Order of Lenin
1969Hero of Socialist Labour
1969Order of Lenin
1969"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal
1967Order of Lenin
1964Nobel Prize in Physics
1959Lenin Prize
Russian President's Prize in the field of education
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Order of Cyril and Methodius
Lomonosov Gold Medal

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Aram KhachaturianAlso won Order of Cyril and MethodiusFred HoyleAlso won Kalinga PrizePietro ParolinAlso won Order of Merit of the Republic of PolandAndrei GromykoAlso won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medalShin'ichirō TomonagaAlso won Lomonosov Gold MedalAlexander Mikhailovich ProkhorovAlso won "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal

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Type
Scientist
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2001 · aged 78
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