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Matvei Petrovich Bronstein and Soviet theoretical physics in the thirties /

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The short life and tragic death of Matvei Petrovich Bronstein (1906-1938) may be seen as a symbol of the man's time and his country. One of the most remarkable features of Soviet history was the impressive advance of its physical sciences against the brutal and violent background of totalitaria...

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Main Author: Gorelik, G. E. (Gennadiĭ Efimovich)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Frenkelʹ, Viktor I︠A︡kovlevich
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, 1994.
Series:Science networks historical studies ; v. 12.
Subjects:
Bronshteĭn, M. P. > (Matveĭ Petrovich), > 1906-1938.
Physics > Soviet Union > History.
Quantum gravity.
Physicists > Soviet Union > Biography.
Mathematics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Childhood and Youth, Road to Science
  • Ch. 2. In the Leningrad University (1926-1932)
  • Ch. 3. At the Leningrad Physicotechnical Institute
  • Ch. 4. Hard Times for the Laws of Conservation and for Theoreticians
  • Ch. 5. cGh-Physics in Bronstein's Life
  • Ch. 6. Creative Personality
  • Appendix 1. Extract from M.P. Bronstein's paper "Quantentheorie schwacher Gravitationsfelder", 1936
  • Appendix 2. M.P. Bronstein's note "Uber den Spontanen Zerfall der Photonen", 1936
  • Appendix 3. M.P. Bronstein "Inventors of Radiotelegraph" (First chapters of the book).