Physicists : epoch and personalities / E.L. Feinberg ; editor, I.M. Dremin ; translator, A.V. Leonidov.

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Feĭnberg, E. L. (Evgeniĭ Lʹvovich)

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Series: History of modern physical sciences ; v. 4.Publication details: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 421 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789812836076
9812836071
1283148250
9781283148252

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Ėpokha i lichnostʹ. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Physicists.DDC classification:

530.092 23

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QC15 .F46613 2011eb

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Contents:

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).

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-421).

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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 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.

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