Arachnologist and biologist Alexander Petrunkevitch was born in Pliski, in the Chernigov Governorate, but most of his life he worked at Yale University. He became especially famous for his research on arachnids.
His ideal was a quiet university job, but life made him a «merchant of death.» George Kistiakowsky’s name does not appear in a history textbook. But it was his knowledge that helped turn the tide of the war and influenced the policies of one of the two superpowers. Though it wasn’t even his home country.
Kistiakowsky was one of the developers of the American atomic bomb. In fact, it was he who designed the trigger mechanism for the first nuclear explosion in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945.
This essay is dedicated to astronomer Alexander Vysotsky. He was born in Moscow, but most of his life he had worked at the observatory of the University of Virginia. There he compiled the first catalogue of red dwarfs and experimentally confirmed the rotation of our Galaxy.
In the world of physics, there are many notable names that have helped shaped theories and question discoveries all in the quest to better understand the world and the universe. One man that deserves attention is Russian cosmologist and theoretical physicist George Gamow.
Alexander de Seversky – Russian and American inventor, aircraft designer. During WWI Seversky was one of the most well-known and highly decorated Russian fighter pilots.
Vladimir Yurkevich was an outstanding Russian naval engineer, one of the principal designers of the famous ocean liner SS Normandie (1931), largest and the most powerful transatlantic passenger vessel in the world.
Jacob David Tamarkin, an outstanding Russian-American mathematician, best known for his work in mathematical analysis.
Selman Abraham Waksman, an outstanding American microbiologist, was born in the Russian Empire (current territory of Ukraine) and graduated from the 5th Gymnasium in Odessa. In 1910 Waksman emigrated to the United States, where he continued education.
Otto Struve (Отто Людвигович Струве), a Russian-American astronomer, one of the greatest astrophysicists of the 20-th century, was born in Russian Empire. He belonged to a famous Struve dynasty of scientists.
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