Background
Zeldovich, Vitaly Illich was born on January 13, 1937 in Kherson, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Illya Yakovlevich and Eugeniya Samoylovna (Gandelman) Zeldovich.
Zeldovich, Vitaly Illich was born on January 13, 1937 in Kherson, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Illya Yakovlevich and Eugeniya Samoylovna (Gandelman) Zeldovich.
Graduate, Kharkov (Ukraine) State University, 1960. Candidate technical science, Sverdlovsk (Russia) University, 1968. Doctor of Physics and Mathematics Sciences, Sverdlovsk (Russia) University, 1984.
Junior scientist Institute Metallurgy, Chelyabinsk, Russia, 1960-1962. Aspirant Institute Metal Physics, Sverdlovsk, 1962-1965, junior scientist, 1965-1974, senior scientist, 1974-1986, leading scientist, 1986-1993, principal scientist, since 1993. Professor Ural University, Sverdlovsk, since 1988.
Married Elisa Semenovna Kravchenko, July 25, 1960 (divorced November 1987). Children: Vadim, Illya. Married Valentina Ivanovna Ilyasova, June 7, 1990.