born Jan. 22, 1908, Baku, Azerbaijan, Russian Empire
died April 1, 1968, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.
Soviet physicist.
After graduating from Leningrad State University, he studied at helium , he was awarded a 1962 Nobel Prize. For his work in many areas of physics, his name is applied to Landau diamagnetism, Landau levels, Landau damping, the Landau energy spectrum, Landau cuts, and the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in Moscow.