Igor Tamm

Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (Russian: И́горь Евге́ньевич Тамм; 8 July 1895 – 12 April 1971) was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Cherenkov and Ilya Frank, for their 1934 discovery and demonstration of Cherenkov radiation. He also predicted the quasi-particle of sound: the phonon; and in 1951, together with Andrei Sakharov, proposed the Tokamak system.

Notable works: Cherenkov radiation, Frank–Tamm formula Awards: Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Nobel Prize in Physics, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Lomonosov Gold Medal, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", State Stalin Prize, 1st degree Education: University of Edinburgh, MSU Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

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