Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov (russian: И́горь Дми́триевич Но́виков; born November 10, 1935) is a Russian (and former

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theoretical astrophysicist Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline said, Astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the nature of the hea ...

and cosmologist. Novikov put forward the idea of

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s in 1964. He also formulated the

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in the mid-1980s, a contribution to the theory of

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. Novikov moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he has been working and teaching at the

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Biography

Novikov gained his

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degree in astrophysics in 1965 and the Russian

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degree in astrophysics in 1970. From 1974 to 1990 he was head of the Department of Relativistic Astrophysics at the

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. Before 1991 he was head of the Department of Theoretical Astrophysics at the Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow and has been a professor at Moscow State University. Since 1994 he has been director of the Theoretical Astrophysics Center (TAC) of the

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. He is currently also a professor of

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at the Observatory of the University of Copenhagen, where he has been since 1991. Since 1998 he has been a Fellow of the

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. He is awarded the First John Archibald Wheeler Prize (2020), together with the famous physicist Kip Thorne (Caltech) and Oxford University professor

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. This award is presented for his contribution to the development of the General Theory of Relativity and the physics of

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. The prize is awarded by the President of the

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at the official awards ceremony in Rome on May 22, 2020.

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Oral history interview transcript with Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov on 21 August 1979, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
- interview conducted with Spencer R. Weart in Montreal, Canada {{DEFAULTSORT:Novikov, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Igor D. Novikov, Igor D. Novikov, Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Igor D. Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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