Physicists

Physicists: Epoch and Personalities

by Feĭnberg, E. L.

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The book is a collection of memoirs on famous Soviet physicists of the 20th century, such as Tamm, Vavilov, Sakharov, Landau and others. The narrative is situated within a remarkably well-described historical, cultural and social context. Of special interest are the chapters devoted to Soviet and German atomic projects.

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  • Full title :Physicists : Epoch and Personalities.

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The book is a collection of memoirs on famous Soviet physicists of the 20th century, such as Tamm, Vavilov, Sakharov, Landau and others. The narrative is situated within a remarkably well-described historical, cultural and social context. Of special interest are the chapters devoted to Soviet and German atomic projects.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2011.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (434 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9812834168, 9789812834164
  • oclc:on1058194401
  • LC Classification:QC15
  • Dewey Decimal:530.09

Table of Contents

Preface; Contents; 1. MANDELSTAM, Leonid Isaakovich (1879-1944); 1.1 Progenitor; 2. TAMM, Igor Evgen'evich (1895-1971); 2.1 Tamm in Life; 2.2 A Life of a Russian Intelligent; 2.3 I.E. Tamm and the Formation of Domestic Physics; 3. SAKHAROV, Andrei Dmitrievich (1921-1989); 3.1 For a Future Historian1; 3.2 The Years of 1945-1950; 3.3 A Return to "Pure" Science and the Beginning of Social Activity; 3.4 A Return to FIAN; 3.5 A Hunt; 3.6 Arrest and Exile to Gorky; 3.7 Trips to Gorky; 3.8 Hunger Strikes; 3.9 A Release; 3.10 Addendum; 3.10.1 Letters and telegrams of Gorky period.

4. VAVILOV, Sergei Ivanovich (1891-1951)4.1 Nine Scars on the Heart1; 4.2 Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov and His Time; 4.3 Vavilov and Vavilov's FIAN; 4.4 What Gave Birth to the Vavilovs?; 5. LEONTOVICH, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1903-1981); 5.1 Mosaic; 5.1.1 The first meeting; 5.1.2 The war; 5.1.3 The 'character'; 5.1.4 Second scientific life; 6. MINTZ, Aleksandr L'vovich (1895-1974); 6.1 Aleksandr L'vovich Tells; 6.2 Addendum. Memoirs of V.D. Konen, 'Personality of a Scientist'; 7. BOHR, Niels Hendrick David (1885-1962); 7.1 Bohr. Moscow. 1961; 7.2 Addendum: Physicists and Philosophers.

8. HEISENBERG, Werner Karl (1…

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Subjects

Biographies Germany Physicists Physicists -- Biography. -- Germany Physicists -- Biography. -- Soviet Union Soviet Union

Writers

Feĭnberg, E. L. Dremin, I. M. Leonidov, A.

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