Yuri Yappa

Yuri Yappa
Yuri Yappa (photo of 1978)
Born	Russian: Юрий Андреевич Яппа (1927-09-21)September 21, 1927 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	August 19, 1998(1998-08-19) (aged 70) Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Alma mater	Leningrad University
Awards	Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Scientific career
Fields	física teórica
Institutions	Saint Petersburg State University; JINR

Yuri Andreevich Yappa (Russian: Юрий Андреевич Яппа) (September 21, 1927 – August 19, 1998) was a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist. He is known for publications on particle physics, quantum field theory, General Relativity, philosophy of science, and for his graduate texts on classical electrodynamics and theory of spinors.