"BEWARE, HE BITES!"
— Lev Landau
January 1, 1970
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Academics from Russia
Nobel laureates in Physics
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Nobel laureates from the Soviet Union
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This humorous exaggeration was written on his nameplate on the door of his office at the Ukrainian Physics and Technology Institute (UPTI), to warn students in particular of his sharp character and manner, according to Mechanics, third edition, volume 1 of Course of Theoretical Physics, Reed Educational and Professional Publishing, translated from the 3rd revised and enlarged edition of Medkanika by Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz, 1976, p. xv.
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This humorous exaggeration was written on his nameplate on the door of his office at the Ukrainian Physics and Technology Institute (UPTI), to warn students in particular of his sharp character and manner, according to Mechanics, third edition, volume 1 of Course of Theoretical Physics, Reed Educational and Professional Publishing, translated from the 3rd revised and enlarged edition of Medkanika by Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz, 1976, p. xv.