Physicist-theorist L.D. Landau - the 100th Anniversary of the Birthday

Obverse

in the centre - the emblem of the Bank of Russia [the two-headed eagle with wings down, under it - the semicircular inscription "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA)] framed by a circle of dots and inscriptions along the rim - on top: "ДВА РУБЛЯ" (TWO RUBLES), below: to the left - indications of the precious metal and its fineness, in the centre - the year of issue "2008 г." (2008), to the right - the fine metal content and the mint trade mark.

Reverse

above: to the left on the mirror area - a contour portrait of the scientist in profile, to the right on the matted surface - fragments of formulas and graphs, below: to the left, on the matted surface - the inscription in two lines "ЛАНДАУ Л.Д." (LANDAU L.D.), to the right, on the mirror area - dates in two lines "1908" and "1968".

Authors

The artist: S.A. Kozlov
The sculptor: Computer simulation
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД)
The edge: 195 corrugations

Landau Lev Davydovich (1908-1969) - physicist-theorist, founder of the scientific school. His creative heritage in different fields of physics is great and diverse: works on magnetism, superconductivity and superfluidity, physics of plasma, astrophysics etc. Hi was awarded with the Nobel price (1962), member of Academies of Sciences of many countries of the world.