Benjamin Fain
| Benjamin Fain Вениамин Файн |
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Benjamin Fain
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February 17, 1930 Kiev, Ukraine, USSR |
| Died | April 15, 2013 (aged 83) |
| Residence | Israel |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Nationality | Israel |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Tel Aviv University |
| Alma mater | Gorky University |
| Known for | physicist, dissident, refusenik, author. |
| Influenced | Vitaly Ginzburg |
Benjamin Fain (Russian: Вениамин Моисеевич Файн, Hebrew: בנימין פיין) (February 17, 1930 – April 15, 2013) was an Israeli physicist, professor-emeritus, and former refusenik.
Fain was born to a Jewish family in Kiev. His father was a mathematician. He instilled in the child a love for science as well as a strong national sentiment.
Benjamin Fain was named after his grandfather, who was murdered in the Proskurov pogrom. During the Second World War the family was evacuated and changed location several times. After the end of the war the family stayed in Dushanbe, where Fain graduated from school. He became a student in the Moscow Institute of Energetics. During his first year in Moscow he visited synagogue and attempted to learn the Hebrew and Yiddish languages. Fain was strongly impressed by the historical visit of the first Israeli ambassador to USSR, Golda Meir. Fain managed to transfer in 1950 to the Faculty of physics in Gorky University. He graduated there summa cum laude. His instructor was future Nobel prize winner Vitaly Ginzburg.
Fain successfully started his scientific career, and already in 1965 became a professor in his alma mater. He wrote several scientific books translated into English and German. In 1966 he moved to Moscow and started successful work in the Institute of Solid State Physics in Chernogolovka.
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