Igor Golovin

Igor Nikolaevich Golovin (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Головин; 12 March 1913 – 15 April 1997) was a Soviet and Russian Physicist who worked on Soviet atomic bomb program and nuclear fusion. He is known for coining the term Tokamak.

Igor Nikolaevich Golovin
Игорь Николаевич Головин
Born(1913-03-12)12 March 1913
Died15 April 1997(1997-04-15) (aged 84)
Moscow
Resting placeVvedenskoye Cemetery
Nationality Russian Empire

 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
 Soviet Union

 Russia
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forTokamak
Awards Order of Lenin

Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "For Labour Valour"
Stalin Prize
Lenin Prize

Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsMoscow Aviation Institute

Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology

National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
ThesisPolarization of vacuum in Dirac's theory (1939)
Doctoral advisorIgor Tamm
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