L I Mandelstam And His School In Physics

Author : Alexander Pechenkin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030176853

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L.I. Mandelstam and His School in Physics by Alexander Pechenkin Pdf

This biography of the famous Soviet physicist Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam (1889–1944), who became a Professor at Moscow State University in 1925 and an Academician (the highest scientific title in the USSR) in 1929, describes his contributions to both physics and technology. It also discusses the scientific community that formed around him, commonly known as the Mandelstam School. By doing so, it places Mandelstam’s life story in its cultural context: the context of German University (until 1914), the First World War, the Civil War, and the development of the Socialist Revolution (until 1925) and the young socialist country. The book considers various general issues, such as the impact of German scientific culture on Russian science; the problems and fates of Russian intellectuals during the revolutionary and post-revolutionary years; the formation of the Soviet Academy of Science, the State Academy; and the transformation of the system of higher education in the USSR during the 1920s and 1930s. Further, it reconstructs Mandelstam’s philosophy of science and his approach to the social and ethical function of science and science education based on his fundamental writings and lecture notes. This reconstruction is enhanced by extensive use of previously unpublished archive material as well as the transcripts of personal interviews conducted by the author. The book also discusses the biographies of Mandelstam’s friends and collaborators: German mathematician and philosopher Richard von Mises, Soviet Communist Party official and philosopher B.M.Hessen, Russian specialist in radio engineering N.D.Papalexy, the specialists in non-linear dynamics A.A.Andronov, S.E. Chaikin, A.A.Vitt and the plasma physicist M.A.Leontovich. This second, extended edition reconstructs the social and economic backgrounds of Mandelstam and his colleagues, describing their positions at the universities and the institutes belonging to the Academy of Science. Additionally, Mandelstam’s philosophy of science is investigated in connection with the ideological attacks that occurred after Mandelstam’s death, particularly the great mathematician A.D.Alexandrov’s criticism of Mandelstam’s operationalism.

Author : Alexander Pechenkin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319005720

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Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam by Alexander Pechenkin Pdf

This biography of the famous Soviet physicist Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam (1889-1944), who became a Professor at Moscow State University in 1925, describes his contributions to both physics and technology, as well as discussing the scientific community which formed around him, usually called the Mandelstam school. Mandelstam’s life story is thereby placed in its proper cultural context. The following more general issues are taken under consideration: the impact of German scientific culture on Russian science; the problems and fates of Russian intellectuals during the revolutionary and post-revolutionary years; the formation of the Soviet Academy of Sciences; and transformation of the system of higher education in the USSR during the 1920's and 1930's.The author shows that Mandelstam’s fundamental writings and his lectures notes allow to reconstruct his philosophy of science and his approach to the social and ethical functions of science and science education. That reconstruction is enhanced through extensive use of hitherto unpublished archival material as well as the transcripts of personal interviews conducted by the author.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323989305

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Brillouin Scattering Part 1 by Anonim Pdf

Brillouin Scattering, Volume 109 in the Semiconductors and Semimetal series, marks the centenary of Leon Brillouin’s seminal 1922 paper which provided a detailed theory of the effect that now bears his name. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) is the strongest third order optical nonlinearity and plays an important role in contemporary science and applications, particularly lasers, communications, and fibre optics, as well as playing a new role in experimental physics and the life sciences. This volume provides a foundational perspective on Brillouin scattering, starting with a historical review of Brillouin scattering, the theory of SBS and the convergence between SBS and Optomechanics. We then consider SBS in several different waveguide geometries, including photonic crystal fibres, integrated optics and superfluids. From the leading researchers in the field Historical, theoretical, and scientific perspective Pedagogical

Author : Sean Winkler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781538147597

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Boris Hessen and Philosophy by Sean Winkler Pdf

In 1931, Soviet philosopher, Boris Hessen presented a paper at the Second International Congress of the History of Science and Technology in London, England. It was a watershed moment, marking the founding of the ‘externalist’ approach to the history and philosophy of science. Five years after this talk, however, Hessen was executed in what became Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge of the 1930s. Nearly a century after his death, we still know all too little about this pioneering figure and his expansive oeuvre. In this book, Sean Winkler provides a reading of Hessen’s philosophy and its unique approach to understanding the relationship between socioeconomic development, technological progress and natural scientific theory. To further encourage the study of Hessen, the book also includes first-time translations of his contributions to the Soviet Encyclopedia. Through a systematic analysis, Winkler reflects upon Hessen’s contribution to the history and philosophy of science of the past and his possible significance in the world today.

Author : V.L. Ginzburg
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 142003474X

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About Science, Myself and Others by V.L. Ginzburg Pdf

In About Science, Myself and Others, Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg, co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics and Editor of the review journal Physics-Uspekhi, provides an insight into modern physics, the lives and works of other prominent physicists he has known, and insight into his own life and views on physics and beyond. Divided into three parts, the book starts with a review of the key problems in contemporary physics, astrophysics, and cosmology, examining their historical development and why they pose such a challenge to today's physicists and for society. Part One also includes details of some of Professor Ginzburg's work, including superconductivity and superfluidity. Part Two encompasses several articles on the lives and works of several prominent physicists, including the author. The third part is a collection of articles that provide a personal view of the author, describing his personal views and recollections on a range of wider topics. Taken together, this collection of articles creates an enjoyable review of physics, its philosophy, and key players in its modern development in the 20th Century. Undoubtedly, it will be an enjoyable read for professional physicists and non-scientists alike.

Author : Alwyn C. Scott
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540341536

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The Nonlinear Universe by Alwyn C. Scott Pdf

Written in Alwyn Scott’s inimitable style, one that readers will find both lucid and accessible, this masterwork elucidates the explosion of activity in nonlinear science in recent decades. The book explains the wide-ranging implications of nonlinear phenomena for future developments in many areas of modern science, including mathematics, physics, engineering, chemistry, biology, and neuroscience. Arguably as important as quantum theory, modern nonlinear science is essential for understanding the scientific developments of the twenty-first century.

Author : N. Berkovits,Lars Brink,Ling-Lie Chau,K. K. Phua,Charles Thorn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 981320785X

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Memorial Volume for Stanley Mandelstam by N. Berkovits,Lars Brink,Ling-Lie Chau,K. K. Phua,Charles Thorn Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814470063

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Physicists: Epoch and Personalities by Anonim Pdf

Author : Igor E. Tamm
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642746260

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Selected Papers by Igor E. Tamm Pdf

I.E. Tamm is one of the great figures of 20th century physics and the mentor of the late A.D. Sakharov. Together with I.M. Frank, he received the Nobel Prize in 1958 for the explanation of the Cherenkov effect. This book contains a commented selection of his most important contributions to the physical literature and essays on his contemporaries - Mandelstam, Einstein, Landau, and Bohr - as well as his contributions to Pugwash conferences. About a third of the selections originally appeared in Russian and are, to our knowledge, for the first time now available to Western readers. This volume includes a preface by Sir Rudolf Peierls, a biography compiled by Tamm's former students, V.Ya. Frenkel and B.M. Bolotovskii, and a complete bibliography.

Author : Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Physics
ISBN : UOM:39015010796392

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Fizicheskiĭ Zhurnal by Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR. Pdf

Author : Dmitri Rabounski ,Florentin Smarandache,Larissa Borissova
Publisher : Infinite Study
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Progress in Physics, vol. 1/2009 by Dmitri Rabounski ,Florentin Smarandache,Larissa Borissova Pdf

Progress in Physics has been created for publications on advanced studies in theoretical and experimental physics, including related themes from mathematics.

Author : Andrei V. Gaponov-Grekhov,Mikhail I. Rabinovich,Jüri Engelbrecht
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642742897

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Nonlinear Waves 1 by Andrei V. Gaponov-Grekhov,Mikhail I. Rabinovich,Jüri Engelbrecht Pdf

Since 1972 the Schools on Nonlinear Physics in Gorky have been a meeting place for Soviet scientists working in this field. Instead of producing for the first time English proceedings it has been decided to present a good cross section of nonlinear physics in the USSR. Thus the participants at the last School were invited to provide English reviews and research papers for these two volumes (which in the years to come will be followed by the proceedings of forthcoming schools). The first volume starts with a historical overview of nonlinear dynamics from Poincaré to the present day and touches topics like attractors, nonlinear oscillators and waves, turbulence, pattern formation, and dynamics of structures in nonequilibrium dissipative media. It then deals with structures, bistabilities, instabilities, chaos, dynamics of defects in 1d systems, self-organizations, solitons, spatio-temporal structures and wave collapse in optical systems, lasers, plasmas, reaction-diffusion systems and solids.

Author : István Hargittai
Publisher : Chemical Heritage Foundation
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 019850912X

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The Road to Stockholm by István Hargittai Pdf

The Nobel Prizes enjoy enormous prestige throughout the world. Every year, science is propelled into the limelight, and in October, when the prizes are announced, and December, when they are awarded at a ceremony in Stockholm, a chosen few scientists acquire celebrity status and their sciencereceives wide coverage in the news media. First awarded in 1901, the Nobel Prize remains the only science prize widely recognized by the general public.What sort of scientists become Nobel laureates? How are they chosen? Are there features common to them, and to their prize-winning research? These sorts of questions have long intrigued Istvan Hargittai and seeking answers, he began interviewing Nobel prize-winning scientists about their careers.Some 70 laureates, and a similar number of other distinguished scientists, have been interviewed, most of them during the late 1990s, and the result is this remarkable book. Written for a general readership, The Road to Stockholm illuminates the nature of scientific discovery, the Nobel Prizeselection process, the factors common to award-winning research, and the effects of the Nobel Prize on science itself. Here are stories of scientists who overcame adversity, eventually to win the Prize; insights into the importance of the laureate's mentor in earlier life, and into the significanceof the location where prize-winning research is carried out; and a variety of responses to the question: what first turned you to science? No less fascinating are the well-publicised examples of deserving (in many eyes) scientists who were not awarded the Nobel Prize, and Professor Hargittai devotesa chapter to them.Here, then, is an absorbing account of science, scientists, and a Prize created a hundred years ago to reward those who, in the words of Alfred Nobel's Will, 'during the previous year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.'

Author : Alexander Vucinich
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 080474209X

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Einstein and Soviet Ideology by Alexander Vucinich Pdf

This book traces the historical trajectory of one of the most momentous confrontations in the intellectual life of the Soviet Union—the conflict between Einstein's theory of relativity and official Soviet ideology embodied in dialectical materialism. It describes how Soviet attitudes toward Einstein's theory of relativity changed again and again during the eras of Soviet history: pre-Stalin, Stalin, post-Stalin, and perestroika.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Plasma (Ionized gases)
ISBN : UOM:39015058311682

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Plasma Physics Reports by Anonim Pdf

Publishes papers on plasma physics. The journal covers the following topics: high-temperature plasma physics, connected with the problem of controlled nuclear fusion based on magnetic and inertial confinement; physics of cosmic plasma including magnetosphere plasma, sun and stellar plasma, etc.; gas discharge plasma and plasma generated by laser and particle beams.