1962 Nobel Prize in Physics

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The paper discusses the background to the awarding of Nobel prizes and the manner in which the selection is made. The paper then turns to the specific award made to the winner of the Nobel prize in physics in 1962, Lev Davidovich and continues with a discussion of his life story. The paper discusses his many awards and achievements culminating in the establishment in 1965 of the The L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Russia.

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Introduction
Lev Davidovich Landau
The Landau Institute

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"Eventually, the names are weeded out through a selection process until a winner is selected. While this might seem like a long and arduous process, Alfred Nobel himself had insisted on this type of process (Dorozynski, 1965). He believed it was part of what made the prize important (Dorozynski, 1965). Despite this kind of selection criteria, however, over the many years that the prizes have been awarded some people have been omitted that others think should not have been. In addition, some of the people that have won awards have also been argued against by others in the same discipline."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Dorozynski, Alexander (1965). The Man They Wouldn't Let Die. Pergamon Press.
• Janouch, Frantisek (1979). Lev D. Landau: His life and work. Imperial College Press.
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