Igor Golovin
Soviet and Russian Nuclear Physicist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Igor Nikolaevich Golovin (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Головин; 12 March 1913 – 15 April 1997) was a Russian physicist whose career was spent on the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons and nuclear fusion. He is known for coining the term Tokamak.
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Igor Nikolaevich Golovin | |
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Игорь Николаевич Головин | |
Born | (1913-03-12)12 March 1913 |
Died | 15 April 1997(1997-04-15) (aged 84) Moscow |
Resting place | Vvedenskoye Cemetery |
Nationality | Russia |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Known for | Tokamak |
Awards | Order of Lenin Order of the October Revolution |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Moscow Aviation Institute Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology |
Thesis | Polarization of vacuum in Dirac's theory (1939) |
Doctoral advisor | Igor Tamm |
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