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Under The Spell Of Landau: When Theoretical Physics Was Shaping Destinies
Shifman Mikhail
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Paperback. Editor(s): Shifman, Misha. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 852.
This invaluable collection of memoirs and reviews on scientific activities of the most prominent theoretical physicists belonging to the Landau School — Landau, Migdal, Zeldovich, Smorodinsky, Ter-Martirosyan, Kirzhnits, Gribov, Larkin and Anselm — are being published in English for the first time.The main goal is to acquaint readers with the life and work of outstanding Soviet physicists who, to a large extent, shaped theoretical physics in the 1950s-70s. Many intriguing details have remained unknown beyond the “Iron Curtain” which was dismantled only with the fall of the USSR.
This invaluable collection of memoirs and reviews on scientific activities of the most prominent theoretical physicists belonging to the Landau School — Landau, Migdal, Zeldovich, Smorodinsky, Ter-Martirosyan, Kirzhnits, Gribov, Larkin and Anselm — are being published in English for the first time.The main goal is to acquaint readers with the life and work of outstanding Soviet physicists who, to a large extent, shaped theoretical physics in the 1950s-70s. Many intriguing details have remained unknown beyond the “Iron Curtain” which was dismantled only with the fall of the USSR.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789814436564
SKU
V9789814436564
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