Konstantin Antonowitsch Petrschak
Konstantin Antonowitsch Petrschak ( Russian Константин Антонович Петржак ; born July 4, 1907 in Łuków , Poland ; † October 10, 1998 , Saint Petersburg ) was one of the founders of Soviet nuclear physics . Together with Georgi Flerow , he discovered the spontaneous nuclear fission predicted by Niels Bohr and John Wheeler .
Web links
- Konstantin Antonovich Petrzhak (July 4, 1907 - October 10, 1998). High Energy and Nuclear Physics in Russia.
- Short biography. In: Великая Россия. Имена - Энциклопедический справочник. (Russian).
- LW Draptschinski: On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of KA Petrzhak. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013 (English, Russian).
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| SURNAME | Petrschak, Konstantin Antonowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Петржак, Константин Антонович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Łuków , Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1998 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |