Transformations : Studies in the History of Science and Technology: Lenin's Laureate Zhores Alferov's Life in Communist Science.
Title:
Transformations : Studies in the History of Science and Technology: Lenin's Laureate Zhores Alferov's Life in Communist Science.
Author:
Josephson, Paul R.
ISBN:
9780262289528
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (314 pages)
Series:
Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Childhood -- 2 Heroes and Hero Projects -- 3 Research and Reforms -- 4 From Transistors to Heterojunctions -- 5 Perestroika and Politics -- 6 Scholar, Laureate, and Statesman -- Afterword and Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
The life and work of a leading Soviet physicist and an exploration of the strengths and weaknesses of Soviet science from Stalin through Gorbachev.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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