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Matvei Petrovich Bronstein

and Soviet Theoretical Physics in the Thirties

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  • © 1994

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Authors:
  1. Gennady E. Gorelik

    1. Brookline, USA

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  2. Victor Ya. Frenkel

    1. A.E.Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

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  • Well-documented and well-balanced biography
  • Gives insightful details on the politico-scientific context in this aera
  • Includes a sample of Bronstein’s works
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Modern Birkhäuser Classics (MBC)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Childhood and Youth. Road to Science

    • Gennady E. Gorelik, Victor Ya. Frenkel
    Pages 13-18

  3. In Leningrad University (1926-1930)

    • Gennady E. Gorelik, Victor Ya. Frenkel
    Pages 19-32

  4. At the Leningrad Physicotechnical Institute

    • Gennady E. Gorelik, Victor Ya. Frenkel
    Pages 33-61

  5. Hard Times for the Laws of Conservation and for Theoreticians

    • Gennady E. Gorelik, Victor Ya. Frenkel
    Pages 63-82

  6. cGℏ Physics in Bronstein’s Life

    • Gennady E. Gorelik, Victor Ya. Frenkel
    Pages 83-121

  7. Creative Personality

    • Gennady E. Gorelik, Victor Ya. Frenkel
    Pages 123-141

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 143-209
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About this book

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].

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“This book … is concerned with a pioneer period of Soviet physics in the thirties. … This is especially interesting for physicists, who had the chance to become acquaint with some of the protagonists of the book and their scholars. Above all, reading this book one is strongly impressed by Bronstein’s scientific activities, who as a young man did not hesitate successfully to turn to fundamental problems of physics ranging from nuclear physics over quantum gravity and astrophysics to cosmology … .” (Horst-Heino von Borzeszkowski, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1230, 2012)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Brookline, USA

    Gennady E. Gorelik

  • A.E.Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

    Victor Ya. Frenkel

About the authors

Gennady E. Gorelik is Professor at the Boston University USA. Victor Ya. Frenkel was Professor at the A.E.Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute in St.Petersburg, Russia.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Matvei Petrovich Bronstein

  • Book Subtitle: and Soviet Theoretical Physics in the Thirties

  • Authors: Gennady E. Gorelik, Victor Ya. Frenkel

  • Series Title: Modern Birkhäuser Classics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0200-0

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-0199-7Published: 15 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-0200-0Published: 15 September 2011

  • Series ISSN: 2197-1803

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-1811

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 198

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematics, general

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