Abstract:
A previously unknown speech by Lev Landau dated 8 April 1960 has been published, as transcribed from a unique tape recording obtained from the Russian State Phonogram Archive (Moscow). This is Landau's only true public speech known to have been recorded.
Keywords:
Academician Lev Landau, history of physics, physics of the twentieth century, Nobel Laureates.
Received:August 31, 2017 Accepted: October 26, 2017
Citation:
P. A. Druzhinin, ““Physics is supposed to be spoken of with a bit of irony”: unknown speech by L D Landau, 8 April 1960”, UFN, 188:1 (2018), 113–118; Phys. Usp., 61:1 (2018), 105–110