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Thread ID: 104848	2009-11-10 05:32:00	Vitaly Ginzburg dies at 93; Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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828846	2009-11-10 05:32:00	Ginzburg played a key role in the Soviet Union's development of the hydrogen bomb. (www.latimes.com) Vitaly Ginzburg, the Russian physicist who played a key role in the Soviet Union's development of the hydrogen bomb and who later won a Nobel Prize for his work on the theoretical underpinnings of superconductivity, died in Moscow late Sunday of cardiac arrest. He was 93 and had been in ill health for some time. A pioneering theoretical physicist who often deprecated his own abilities in mathematics, Ginzburg made seminal contributions in a number of areas of physics, including quantum theory, astrophysics and radioastronomy. A confirmed atheist despite his Jewish heritage, he was outspoken against anti-Semitism and firm in supporting the state of Israel. In his later years, he was highly vocal about what he and other scientists considered the "clericalization" of the Russian state. In a telegram to Ginzburg's family, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called him "a remarkable and purpose-driven man who has left us, one of the greatest physicists of our times, whose discoveries had a huge impact on the development of science in our country and around the world, and whose professional career and personal life are examples of a citizen's service to his homeland."	SurferJoe46 (51)
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