Georgy Flyorov
| Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov | |
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 Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov |
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| Born | March 2, 1913 Rostov-on-Don, Russian Empire |
| Died | November 19, 1990 (aged 77) Moscow, Russian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Citizenship | Russia-Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russia |
| Fields | Thermal and Nuclear Physics |
| Institutions | Joint Institute for Nuclear Research |
| Alma mater | St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University |
| Known for | Soviet atomic bomb project |
Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov (Russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Флёров; IPA: [gʲɪˈorgʲɪj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈflʲɵrəf], also written as Georgii Nikolayevich Flerov; March 2, 1913 – November 19, 1990) was a prominent Soviet Russian nuclear physicist. In 2012, he was honored as the namesake for flerovium.[1]
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Biography [edit]
Flyorov was born in Rostov-on-Don and attended the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (now known as the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University) and majored in thermal physics and nuclear physics.
He is known for writing to Stalin in April 1942 and pointing out the conspicuous silence within the field of nuclear fission in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany[2] (a real-life example of the curious incident of the dog in the night-time from the Sherlock Holmes story Silver Blaze). Flyorov's urgings to "build the uranium bomb without delay"[3] eventually led to the development of the USSR's own atomic bomb project.
He was one of the discoverers of spontaneous fission. He also claims as his discovery two transition metal elements: seaborgium and bohrium.[citation needed]
He founded the Flyorov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions in Dubna in 1957, and acted as director there until 1989. Also during this period, he chaired the Scientific Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Honours and awards [edit]
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
- Hero of Socialist Labour (1949)
- Two Orders of Lenin (1949, 1983)
- Order of the October Revolution (1973)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour, three times (1959, 1963, 1975)
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (1985)
- Lenin Prize (1967)
- Stalin Prize, twice (1946, 1949)
- USSR State Prize (1975)
- Honorary Citizen of Dubna
References [edit]
- ^ Brown, Mark (6 June 2011). "Two Ultraheavy Elements Added to Periodic Table". Wired. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=Cky2x4wWvEUC&pg=PT86&lpg=PT86&dq=Flyorov+Stalin+letter&source=bl&ots=3ZC2VkmG0S&sig=nmbjhp6zGkCWsp6riGdW0QLlDYs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6haTUaqKDI-M0QHYpYHgDA&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg
- ^ http://docs.nrdc.org/nuclear/files/nuc_01019501a_138.pdf
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- Russian physicists
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- Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin, twice
- Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, three times
- Recipients of the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
- Lenin Prize winners
- Stalin Prize winners
- USSR State Prize winners
- 1913 births
- 1990 deaths
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union rank-and-file
