Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich

Stephen Hawking once wrote Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich: "Before I met you here, I thought you were" collective author ", as Bourbaki." Indeed, it is difficult to find among physicists of the 20 th century another scholar with such a wide coverage. From the theory of chemical combustion in nuclear physics and nuclear practices explosion hydrodynamics and mathematical physics, the theory of black holes, neutron stars and the hypothesis of the birth of the universe - this is the range of his interests.
I think he's quite a bit did not live up to the Nobel Prize. A man of great wit and intelligence. Doubtless pragmatist to the end of his life who has managed to transcend the many ustayavshiesya scientific views. I am reminded of two things: how difficult it was to have time for him to run up the stairs of his house and how difficult it was to the lectures was to monitor its effervescent thoughts. It is difficult and very interesting.

On his scientific achievements, works and awards read here. These are just some of the brightest of its opening: the first calculation of nuclear chain reactions (Jointly with Flerov), . the theory of combustion of rocket fuel in the "Katyusha" (the world's first monograph on the theory of combustion), . discovery of the laws of conservation of lepton charge, . opening source of energy of black holes (accretion), . in fact his ideas, he came to the opening of Stephen Hawking quantum evaporation of black holes, . theory of "pancakes", . hypothesis of the quantum birth of the universe out of nothing ..,
. Added to this is a long list of predicted and confirmed "effects", . teaching job (he saw it as a hobby), . textbooks mat.fizike, . scientific management (created several scientific schools of him.fiziki to relativistic astrophysics), . management theorists in the atomic project, . three stars Hero sots.truda ...,