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Abstracts
MONDAY 15 AUGUST
Vitaly Ginzburg Session
Chair: Yuri Bunkov
(4.10.1916 - 8.11.2009)
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg, Russian physicist and astrophysicist, was awarded
the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2003 for his pioneering work on superconductivity.
He shared the award with Alexey A. Abrikosov of Russia and Anthony J. Leggett
of Great Britain. Ginzburg was also noted for his work on the theories of radio
wave propagation and the origin of cosmic rays.
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