PHYSICISTS: EPOCH AND PERSONALITIES
by E L Feinberg (Formerly of P N Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia), edited by I M Dremin (P N Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia),
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translated by A V Leonidov (P N Lebedev Physical Institute, Russia)
Table of Contents (93k)
Preface (280k)
Chapter 1: MANDELSTAM, Leonid Isaakovich (1879¨C1944) (679k)
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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