What is Lev Landau?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Lev Davidovich Landau | image = Landau.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1908|1|22|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Baku]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1968|4|1|1908|1|22}} | death_place = [[Moskva]], [[Soviet Union]] | alma_mater = [[Saint Petersburg State University]] | doctoral_students = [[Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov]]<br />[[Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov]] | known_for = [[Superfluidity]], [[Superconductivity]] }} '''Lev Davidovich Landau''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: ''Лев Давидович Ландау'') (22 January 1908 – 1 April 1968), was a famous Soviet physicist for contributing to theoretical physics. He was elected as a member of the [[USSR Academy of Sciences]] in 1946. He was a Foreign Member of [[The Royal Society|Royal Society of London]] (1960), [[National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]] (1960), [[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters]] (1951), [[Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1956), [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1960) and [[German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]] (1964), French Physical Society and the London Physical Society. He won the 1962 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for his contribution to the Mathematical Theory of [[Superfluidity]]. He also got titles or awards: Hero of Socialist Labor (1954). [[Max Planck Medal]] (Germany, 1960), Fritz London Prize (1960), [[USSR State Prize]]: Lenin Prize (1962) and Stalin Prizes (1946, 1949, 1953). == Other websites == * [http://www.hrono.ru/biograf/bio_l/landau_ld.php Lev Davidovich Landau] (Russian) * ''Gershtein, Semyon Solomonovich'' [http://elementy.ru/lib/430545 Великий ал XX века (к 100-летию Льва Давидовича андау)] (Russian) * ''Khalatnikov, Isaak Markovich'' [http://berkovich-zametki.com/Avtory/Halatnikov.htm Дау, авр и другие.] [http://berkovich-zametki.com/Avtory/Halatnikov.htm авы] (Russian) * ''Berestetsky, Vladimir Borisovich'' [http://ufn.ru/ru/articles/1958/3/h/ Лев Давидович Ландау (К пятидесятилетию со