Matvei Petrovich Bronstein - and Soviet Theoretical Physics in the Thirties (Paperback, 1994)

The true history of physics can only be read in the life stories of those who made its progress possible. Matvei Bronstein was one of those for whom the vast territory of theoretical physics was as familiar as his own home: he worked in cosmology, nuclear physics, gravitation, semiconductors, atmospheric physics, quantum electrodynamics, astro physics and the relativistic quantum theory. Everyone who knew him was struck by his wide knowledge, far beyond the limits of his trade. This partly explains why his life was closely intertwined with the social, historical and scientific context of his time. One might doubt that during his short life Bronstein could have made truly weighty contributions to science and have become, in a sense, a symbol of his time. Unlike mathematicians and poets, physicists reach the peak of their careers after the age of thirty. His thirty years of life, however, proved enough to secure him a place in the Greater Soviet Encyclopedia. In 1967, in describing the first generation of physicists educated after the 1917 revolution, Igor Tamm referred to Bronstein as "an exceptionally brilliant and promising" theoretician 268]."

General

Imprint:	Birkhauser Verlag AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Modern Birkhauser Classics
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	1994
Authors:	Gennady Gorelik • Victor Ya Frenkel
Translators:	Valentina M Levina
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	198
Edition:	1994
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-480199-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > General Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering Promotions
LSN:	3-03-480199-8
Barcode:	9783034801997

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