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Alexei Abrikosov (physicist)
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<p>Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov was a <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet</a>, <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russian</a> and American <a href="/facts/Theoretical_physics/Cs2Y12rQ">theoretical physicist</a> whose main contributions are in the field of <a href="/facts/Condensed_matter_physics/EBVI5nmL">condensed matter physics</a>. He was the co-recipient of the 2003 <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics/o6w1nCbr">Nobel Prize in Physics</a>, with <a href="/facts/Vitaly_Ginzburg/uscYaLgY">Vitaly Ginzburg</a> and <a href="/facts/Anthony_James_Leggett/z6AcXNbA">Anthony James Leggett</a>, for theories about how matter can behave at extremely low temperatures. </p>