Nicolay G. Basov's Birth Card: The 4 of Clubs

In the record

Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (Russian: Николай Геннадиевич Басов; 14 December 1922 – 1 July 2001) was a Soviet physicist and educator. The birth-card coordinate for December 14 is the 4 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1964 Physics prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1964 The Nobel Prize in Physics — for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle

The 4 of Clubs coordinate

Nicolay G. Basov's birthday maps to the 4 of Clubs (The Systematic Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Nicolay G. Basov. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You put knowledge into an order other people can actually use.

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Nicolay G. Basov in the public record

For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes. Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov was born on 14 December 1922 in Usman, Russia, the son of Gennady Fedorovich Basov and Zinaida Andreevna Molchanova. Basov finished high school in 1941 in Voronezh, and was later called for military service at the Kuibyshev Military Medical Academy. In 1943, he left the academy and served in the Red Army participating in the Second World War with the 1st Ukrainian Front. In 1945, Basov entered the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI). In 1950, he began his postgraduate studies at the MEPhI, although he worked on his Candidate of Sciences thesis at the Lebedev Physical Institute (LPI)—under the supervision of Mikhail Leontovich and Alexander Prokhorov—receiving his degree in 1953. Basov defended his Doctor of Sciences thesis, A Molecular Oscillator, in 1956. In 1950, Basov married Ksenia Tikhonovna, who was also a physicist.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Nikolay Basov (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 4 of Clubs

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Systematic thinking and organizational ability

Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (Russian: Николай Геннадиевич Басов; 14 December 1922 – 1 July 2001) was a Soviet physicist and educator.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: educator.

Also on the record

1. They had two sons, Gennady (born 1954) and Dmitry (born 1963).
2. Basov was Director of the LPI from 1973 to 1988.
3. He was elected a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Russian Academy of Sciences since 1991) in 1962 and Full Member of the Academy in 1966.
4. In 1967, he was elected a Member of the Presidium of the Academy (1967—1990), and since 1990 he was the councillor of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Other laureates with this card

• Craig C. Mello — 2006 Physiology or Medicine
• Edward Tatum — 1958 Physiology or Medicine
• Ernesto Teodoro Moneta — 1907 Peace
• Henri Bergson — 1927 Literature
• Henrik Pontoppidan — 1917 Literature
• José Saramago — 1998 Literature
• Patrick White — 1973 Literature
• Pearl Buck — 1938 Literature
• Robert C. Richardson — 1996 Physics
• Simon Kuznets — 1971 Economic Sciences
• Stanley B. Prusiner — 1997 Physiology or Medicine
• Theodore W. Schultz — 1979 Economic Sciences

FAQ

What is Nicolay G. Basov's birth card?

The 4 of Clubs. December 14 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast prizes, character, or fate.

Where do Nicolay G. Basov's dates come from?

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