TY - BOOK AU - Feĭnberg,E.L. AU - Dremin,I.M. AU - Leonidov,A.V. TI - Physicists: epoch and personalities T2 - History of modern physical sciences SN - 9789812836076 AV - QC15 .F46613 2011eb U1 - 530.092 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Singapore, Hackensack, NJ PB - World Scientific KW - Physicists KW - Soviet Union KW - Biography KW - Germany KW - SCIENCE KW - Physics KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Science & Technology KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Biographies N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-421); Mandelstam, Leonid Isaakovich (1879-1944) -- Tamm, Igor Evgenʹevich (1895-1971) -- Sakharov, Andreĭ Dmitrievich (1921-1989) -- Vavilov, Sergeĭ Ivanovich (1891-1951) -- Leontovich, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1903-1981) -- Mintz, Aleksandr Lʹvovich (1895-1974) -- Bohr, Niels Hendrick David (1885-1962) -- Heisenberg, Werner Karl (1901-1976) -- What brought Hitler to power? And who? -- Landau, Lev Davidovich (1908-1968) N2 - The book is a collection of memoirs on famous Soviet physicists of the 20th century, such as Tamm, Vavilov, Sakharov, Landau and others. The memoirs were originally written in Russian by E.L. Feinberg. 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=373220 ER -