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Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam

Research, Teaching, Life

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Alexander Pechenkin

    1. Dept. of Philosophy, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

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  • Presents the live and work of a most distinguished Russian scientists

  • Delivers interesting views of social and ethical functions of science

  • Discusses the foundation of the Mandelstam School, one of the two major schools of theoretical physics in the Soviet Union

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 1-8

  3. Youth and Strasbourg Years

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 9-30

  4. The Strasbourg Period: Radio-Engineering

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 31-53

  5. The Strasbourg Period: Optics

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 55-74

  6. The Years of Pilgrimage (1914–1925)

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 75-88

  7. Moscow State University (1925–1935)

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 89-109

  8. Research in Optics: Odessa, Moscow

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 111-122

  9. The Scientific School of Mandelstam. The Early Steps and Results

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 123-134

  10. The Mandelstam School. Theory of Non-linear Oscillations

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 135-149

  11. A Continuation. The Mandelstam-Andronov School

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 151-166

  12. Moscow State University and the Academy of Sciences

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 167-178

  13. Borovoie and the Last Year in Moscow

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 179-186

  14. Mandelstam’s Operationalism

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 187-201

  15. L.I. Mandelstam’s Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics in the Context of the Discussions of the 1930–1940s

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 203-215

  16. Conclusion

    • Alexander Pechenkin
    Pages 217-220

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 221-241
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This biography of the famous Soviet physicist Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam (1889-1944), who became a Professor at Moscow State University in 1925, describes his contributions to both physics and technology, as well as discussing the scientific community which formed around him, usually called the Mandelstam school. Mandelstam’s life story is thereby placed in its proper cultural context. The following more general issues are taken under consideration: the impact of German scientific culture on Russian science; the problems and fates of Russian intellectuals during the revolutionary and post-revolutionary years; the formation of the Soviet Academy of Sciences; and transformation of the system of higher education in the USSR during the 1920's and 1930's.The author shows that Mandelstam’s fundamental writings and his lectures notes allow to reconstruct his philosophy of science and his approach to the social and ethical functions of science and science education. That reconstruction is enhanced through extensive use of hitherto unpublished archival material as well as the transcripts of personal interviews conducted by the author.

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  • Dept. of Philosophy, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Alexander Pechenkin

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