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From the history of physics


Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov — the man and the scientist: a view from the threshold of the 21st century

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Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

The scientific and social activities of S I Vavilov are discussed based on documents that have become available in the last decade.

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Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.1070/PU1998v041n05ABEH000395
PACS: 01.60.+q, 01.65.+g, 01.75.+m (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1998v041n05ABEH000395
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1998/5/e/
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Citation: Bolotovskii B M, Vavilov Yu N, Kirkin A N "Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov — the man and the scientist: a view from the threshold of the 21st century" Phys. Usp. 41 487–504 (1998)
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Оригинал: Болотовский Б М, Вавилов Ю Н, Киркин А Н «Сергей Иванович Вавилов — ученый и человек: взгляд с порога XXI века» УФН 168 551–570 (1998); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0168.199805d.0551

S.I. Vavilov is author of Physics-Uspekhi

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