What is Vitaly Ginzburg?
{{Infobox scientist |birth_name = Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg |image = Виталий Лазаревич Гинзбург.jpg |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1916|10|4}} |birth_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Empire]] |death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2009|11|08|1916|10|4|}} |death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] |nationality = [[Russia]] |field = [[Theoretical Physics]] |work_institution = [[Lebedev Physical Institute|P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences]] |alma_mater = [[Moscow State University]] |doctoral_advisor = [[Igor Tamm]] |doctoral_students = {{Plainlist| *[[Viatcheslav Mukhanov]] *[[Alexander Polnarev]]}} |known_for = {{Plainlist| *[[Superconductivity]] *[[Plasma (physics)|Plasmas]] *[[Superfluidity]] *[[Ferroelectricity]]}} |prizes = {{Plainlist| *[[Nobel Prize in Physics]] {{small|(2003)}} *[[Wolf Prize in Physics]] {{small|(1994/95)}} *[[Lomonosov Gold Medal]] {{small|(1995)}} *[[Fellow of the Royal Society|ForMemRS]] {{small|(1987)}}<ref name=frs/>}} |footnotes = |spouse=Olga Zamsha Ginzburg (1937–1946; divorced; 1 child)<br>Nina Yermakova Ginzburg (m. 1946) }} {{nobelprize|Physics}}'''Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg''', <small>[[Fellow of the Royal Society|ForMemRS]]</small><ref name=frs>{{cite journal|last1=Longair|first1=M. S.|author-link=Malcolm Longair|doi=10.1098/rsbm.2011.0002|title=Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg. 4 October 1916 – 8 November 2009|journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]]|volume=57|pages=129–146|year=2011|s2cid=71295700}}</ref> ({{lang-ru|Вита́лий Ла́заревич Ги́нзбург}}; October 4, 1916 – November 8, 2009) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Russia]]n [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]], [[astrophysics|astrophysicist]], and winner of the 2003 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]. He was of [[Jew]]ish descent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/2003/ginzburg-autobio.html |title=Nobelprize.org |access-date=2017-03-31 |archive-date=2008-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517170051/http://nobelprize.org/physics