A physicist who headed the Lebedev institute’s theoretical physics department from 1971 to 1988.[ref]
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg by Lev P. Pitaevskii. Independent professional identity
Portrait of Vitaly Ginzburg
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Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg (1916–2020) was a prominent Russian physicist known for his significant contributions to various fields of theoretical physics, particularly in condensed matter physics and superconductivity. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003, along with Alexei Abrikosov and Anthony Leggett, for their pioneering work on the theory of superconductors and superfluids.
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