A biography of Lev Landau, one of the greatest Soviet theoretical physicists, whose career was cut short by a catastrophic car accident in 1962 and who was still only sixty when he died six years later. He won the Nobel Prize 'for pioneering work on the theory of the condensed state of matter, particularly liquid helium'. But the book shows that Landau's characterisation of himself as 'one of the last of the universal men of theoretical physics' was fully justified. Clearly and concisely it describes his achievements in all areas of theoretical physics from hydrodynamics to the quantum theory of fields. Attention is also paid to his genius as a teacher and mentor of young scientists, and throughout the book the true humanity of the man is evident
- ISBN10 1322304386
- ISBN13 9781322304380
- Publish Date 1 January 2013 (first published June 1980)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Elsevier Science
- Format eBook
- Pages 230
- Language English