Landau (Noun)
Meaning 1
A four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Lev Landau was a prominent Soviet physicist who made significant contributions to the field of low-temperature physics.
- Landau's work on superfluidity led to a deeper understanding of the behavior of liquid helium at extremely low temperatures.
- The Landau theory of second-order phase transitions is still widely used today to describe the behavior of materials near their critical points.
- Landau's collaboration with Nikolay Bogolyubov led to the development of the Landau-Bogolyubov theory of superfluidity.
- Landau was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1962 for his pioneering work on the theory of condensed matter, particularly liquid helium.