| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 421 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
History of modern physical sciences ; vol. 4
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History of modern physical sciences ; v. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-421). |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Physicists -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Physicists. |
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Soviet Union. |
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Physicists -- Germany -- Biography.
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Germany. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Dremin, I. M. (Igorʹ Mikhaĭlovich)
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Leonidov, A. V. (Andrey V.)
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| Added Title |
Ėpokha i lichnostʹ. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Feĭnberg, Evgeniĭ Lʹvovich. Ėpokha i lichnostʹ. English. Physicists. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2011 9789812834164 (OCoLC)696162299 |
| ISBN |
9789812836076 (electronic book) |
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9812836071 (electronic book) |
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1283148250 |
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9781283148252 |
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9789812834164 |
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9812834168 |
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