A man reads the biography of prominent Russian physicist Vitaly Ginzburg during a funeral ceremony in Moscow November 11, 2009. Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin's purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project and later won the Nobel Prize for physics, died in Moscow late on Sunday after a long illness. He was 93. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA OBITUARY SCI TECH) 

A man carries a portrait of prominent Russian physicist Vitaly Ginzburg during a funeral ceremony in Moscow November 11, 2009. Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin's purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project and later won the Nobel Prize for physics, died in Moscow late on Sunday after a long illness. He was 93. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA OBITUARY SCI TECH) 

People mourn as they stand around the coffin of prominent Russian physicist Vitaly Ginzburg during a funeral ceremony in Moscow November 11, 2009. Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin's purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project and later won the Nobel Prize for physics, died in Moscow late on Sunday after a long illness. He was 93. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA OBITUARY SCI TECH IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

People mourn as they stand near the coffin of prominent Russian physicist Vitaly Ginzburg during a funeral ceremony in Moscow November 11, 2009. Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin's purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project and later won the Nobel Prize for physics, died in Moscow late on Sunday after a long illness. He was 93. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA OBITUARY SCI TECH) 

People mourn as they stand around the coffin of prominent Russian physicist Vitaly Ginzburg during a funeral ceremony in Moscow November 11, 2009. Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin's purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project and later won the Nobel Prize for physics, died in Moscow late on Sunday after a long illness. He was 93. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA OBITUARY SCI TECH) 

This year's Nobel Prize winner in physics, Vitaly L. Ginzburg from P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow is seen during a news conference in Stockholm on December 7, 2003. Ginzburg received the prize for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids. 

THIS YEAR'S NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN PHYSICS, VITALY L. GINZBURG FROM P.N.
LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE, MOSCOW IS SEEN DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE IN
STOCKHOLM. 

A combination of three pictures shows this year's Nobel Prize winners
in physics, Vitaly L. Ginzburg from P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute,
Moscow (L), Anthony J. Leggett from University of Illinois Urbana (C)
and Alexei A. Abrikosov from Argonne National Laboratory Argonne,
during a news conference in Stockholm on December 7, 2003. The three
scientists received the prize for pioneering contributions to the
theory of superconductors and superfluids. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

MAD/CRB 

Alexi Abrikosov (L) shakes hands with co-worker Wai-Kwong Kwok during a
reception for him at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill.,
October 7, 2003. Abrikosov, Vitaly Ginzburg, 87, and Anthony Leggett,
65, were recognized for developing theories explaining the nature of
matter at very low temperatures. REUTERS/Frank Polich

FJP 

Nobel Prize winner for physics Russian-American Alexi Abrikosov does a
telephone interview from his office at Argonne National Laboratory in
Argonne, Ill., October 7, 2003. Abrikosov, Vitaly Ginzburg, 87, and
Anthony Leggett, 65, were recognized for developing theories explaining
the nature of matter at very low temperatures. REUTERS/Frank Polich

FJP 

Nobel Prize winner for Physics Russian-American Alexi Abrikosov talks
with a Russian television station at his home in Lemont, Illinois early
October 7, 2003. Abrikosov, Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony Leggett were
recognized for developing theories explaining the nature of matter at
very low temperatures. REUTERS/Frank Polich

FJP/SV 

Nobel Prize winner for physics Russian-American Alexi Abrikosov talks
with a Russian television station at his home in Lemont, outside
Chicago, Illinois, early October 7, 2003. Abrikosov, Vitaly Ginzburg,
87, and Anthony Leggett, 65, were recognized for developing theories
explaining the nature of matter at very low temperatures. REUTERS/Frank
Polich

FJP/SV 

University of Illinois professor Anthony J. Leggett at his home in
Urbana, Illinois after hearing he was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Physics, October 7, 2003. Leggett was recognized along with Vitaly
Ginzburg and Alexi Abrikosov for their theories on both
superconductivity and superfluidity, two phenomena of quantum physics.
REUTERS/Mark Cowan

MC/SV 

Vitaly Ginzburg, joint winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Physics, speaks at his research institute after his award was announced in Moscow, October 7, 2003. Ginzburg, 87, won the award with fellow [Russian Alexei Abrikosov and Briton Anthony Leggett] for their theories explaining the nature of matter at very low temperatures.