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Dmitry Shirkov

1928-03-03 – 2016-01-23

Portrait of Dmitry Shirkov
Dmitri Shirkov, Russian physicist, participant of the first USSR hydrogen bomb testCredit: Suvorow

Life & Legacy

Dmitry Vasil'evich Shirkov (Russian: Дми́трий Васи́льевич Ширко́в; 3 March 1928 – 23 January 2016) was a Russian theoretical physicist, known for his contribution to quantum field theory and to the development of the renormalization group method.

Occupation & Career

physicist, inventor, university teacher, theoretical physicist

Education

MSU Faculty of Physics; Steklov Institute of Mathematics

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

USSR State Prize; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of Friendship of Peoples; Order of the Badge of Honour; Order of Friendship; Lenin Prize; Honoured Science Worker of the Russian Federation; Bogolyubov Gold Medal; Order of Cyril and Methodius

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Bogolyubov Gold Medal · Honoured Science Worker of the Russian Federation · Lenin Prize · Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class · Order of Cyril and Methodius · Order of Friendship · Order of Friendship of Peoples · Order of the Badge of Honour · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · USSR State Prize

Employer

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research · Lomonosov Moscow State University · Novosibirsk State University · Sobolev Institute of Mathematics SB RAS · Steklov Institute of Mathematics

Organizations & Memberships

Academy of Sciences of the USSR · Russian Academy of Sciences · Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Education & Institutions

MSU Faculty of Physics · Steklov Institute of Mathematics

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q3182292 — wikidata View source

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