About Sergei Alexandrovich Zhevakin
Lived 1916 – 2001 (aged 84). Sergei Alexandrovich Zhevakin was a Russian physicist and astronomer, known for Variable stars.
Sergei Alexandrovich Zhevakin (; April 11, 1916 – February 21, 2001) was a Russian astronomer.
Zhevakin is credited for identifying ionized helium as the valve for the heat engine that drives the pulsation of Cepheid variable stars.
Early life and education
S. A. Zhevakin was born on April 11, 1916, in Moscow. The family moved to Nizhny Novgorod in the late 1920s. Zhevakin graduated from N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod in 1939, and, after two years of working at various local factories, entered a graduate program in 1941. However, because of the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany, he was conscripted into the army in July 1941, where he served with distinction until January 1946. Zhevakin was wounded twice.
After returning to graduate school, he defended his thesis in 1949.
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Who was Sergei Alexandrovich Zhevakin?
Russian astronomer
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Sergei Alexandrovich Zhevakin was born on 11 April 1916 in Moscow.
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Sergei Alexandrovich Zhevakin died on 21 February 2001 in Nizhny Novgorod.
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Sergei Alexandrovich Zhevakin was a physicist and astronomer.
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Sergei Alexandrovich Zhevakin was known for Variable stars.
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Sergei Alexandrovich Zhevakin was Russian.
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