1. Igor Y. Tamm By: Darren Kueter B2

2. Igor Y. Tamm Igor was Born July 8, 1895. In Vladivostok, Russia. He is the son of Evgenij Tamm. His father was an engineer.

3. Igor Y. Tamm His Mother was Olga Davydova. His wife was Natalia Shuiskaya. They had one daughter and one son together.

4. Schooling University of Edinburgh 1913-1914. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1918. He specialized in Physics. He immediately acquired a career. It was in the higher institutes of learning.

5. Career Professor at J. M. Sverdlov Communist University. Professor at Moscow State University 1924-1937 Scholar at P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute.

6. Nobel Prize He received the Nobel Prize for physics 1958. He received it with Pavel A. Cherenkov. He also received it with Ilya M. Frank.

7. Contribution to Science His early studies were devoted to…. Crystallo-Optics. Quantum theory of diffused light in solid bodies.

8. Contribution to Science He then turned his studies to… The Theory of Relativity. Quantum Mechanics.

9. Contribution to Science. He evolved a method for… Interpreting the interaction of nuclear particles. Together with I. M. Frank he developed… The Cerenkov Effect. The Theory of Showers in Cosmic Rays.

10. The Cerenkov Effect. Theoretical interpretation. Radiation of electrons Moving through matter. Faster than the speed of light.

11. Contribute to Science Helped develop methods for control of thermonuclear reactions.

12. Books Tamm has written two books… Relativistic Interaction of Elementary Particles (1935) On the Magnetic Moment of the Neutron (1938).

13. Accomplishments Elected Corresponding Member of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences in 1933. 1953 he became an Academician.

14. Accomplishments He was also a member of…. Polish Academy of Sciences. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Swedish Physical Society.

15. Death Igor Tamm Died April 12, 1971. Moscow, Russia. Natural Causes.

16. Bibliography Unknown, Author. "Igor Y. Tamm." Nobelprize.org. 2010. Elsevier Publishing Company, Web. 22 Feb 2010.. Unknown, Author. "Igor Y. Tamm." NNDB. 2010. Soylent Communications, Web. 22 Feb 2010. http://nndb.net/people/846/000099549/ http://nndb.net/people/846/000099549/ Unknown, Author. "IGOR YEVGENYEVICH TAMM." The Nobel Prize Interent Archive.. 2003. Ona Wu., Web. 22 Feb 2010..