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.
Dear colleagues, dear friends! The XIV Annual Conference of the Russian American Science Association (RASA) will be held on October 14-15, 2023 at Northwestern University,
In 2023, the George Gamow® award will once again be awarded to two scientists. The organizer, the Russian-American Association of Scientists (RASA-America, Russian-American Science Association),
Alexandra Borissova appointed communication director of the Russian-American Science Association (RASA-America).
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