Istvan Hargittai is a University Professor at the Institute of General and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest Technical University. He is also a Research Professor and Head of Department at the Structural Chemistry Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at Eötvös University, and is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Academia Europaea (London).
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* Contents * Introduction * Part I Nuclear Physicists * Chapter 1 Igor Tamm: Exemplary Consistency * Chapter 2 Yakov Zeldovich: Soviet Prometheus * Chapter 3 Andrei Sakharov: Soviet Conscience * Part II Low-temperature Physicists * Chapter 4 Petr Kapitza: Respected Centaur * Chapter 5 Lev Landau: Genius and Evgenii Lifshits: More than Landau's Pen * Chapter 6 Vitaly Ginzburg: Amateur Astronomer * Chapter 7 Alexei Abrikosov: "Unmanageable " * Part III Chemists and Chemical Physicists * Chapter 8 Nikolai Semenov: Mr. Chain Reaction * Chapter 9 Yulii Khariton: Director of "Los Arzamas " * Chapter 10 Boris Belousov and Anatol Zhabotinsky: "Impossible " Reaction * Chapter 11 Aleksandr Kitaigorodskii: Soviet Maverick * Chapter 12 Aleksandr Nesmeyanov: Brilliant Administrator and Soviet Courtier * Epilogue * Notes * Biographical Names * Some Notable Dates * Select Bibliography * Index
