Sakharov

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Soviet physicist and dissident; helped develop the first Russian hydrogen bomb; advocated nuclear disarmament and campaigned for human rights (1921-1989)

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A larger variation of the same design which Sakharov worked on was the 50 Mt Tsar Bomba of October 1961, which was the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated. Source: Internet

Aung San Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest at her home on University Avenue (coord49) in Rangoon, during which time she was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990, and the Nobel Peace Prize the year after. Source: Internet

For baryogenesis to occur, the Sakharov conditions must be satisfied. Source: Internet

By 1973 Sakharov was meeting regularly with Western correspondents, holding press conferences in his apartment. Source: Internet

After moving to Sarov in 1950, Sakharov played a key role in the development of the first megaton-range Soviet hydrogen bomb using a design known as Sakharov's Third Idea in Russia and the Teller-Ulam design in the United States. Source: Internet

Before his Third Idea, Sakharov tried a "layer cake" of alternating layers of fission and fusion fuel. Source: Internet

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