Names and persons
14/03/2018 - 12:24
Stephen William Hawking was born in Oxford on 8 January 1942. His father, a research biologist, had moved with his mother from London to... →
10/01/2018 - 12:57
Arseny Borisovich Roginsky passed away on the morning of December 18. Among his many distinctions, Roginsky managed to be a political... →
19/11/2017 - 16:25
Curie’s accomplishments included the development of the theory of radioactivity, techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the... →
24/08/2017 - 18:01
I will always remember seeing Simone Veil for the last time. It was late on a surprisingly balmy January afternoon in 2008. I was seated on... →
28/05/2017 - 13:22
The Polish-born strategist became a lightning rod for criticism over the roles he played in the Iranian hostage crisis, a broad but... →
22/12/2016 - 22:14
The role of shepherding this massive effort made use of Gonzalez’s multidimensional talents. Most physicists know early on whether they... →
02/12/2016 - 19:01
Но вернёмся к более раннему периоду его жизни. Во время ВОВ Электрон с 15-ти лет работал на строительстве железных дорог в Ивановской... →
29/09/2016 - 17:11
His life’s work included extensive involvement in setting up and bolstering Israel’s defense infrastructure. He armed the Israel Defense... →
04/07/2016 - 12:10
Wiesel, he added, helped the world realize that “ultimately we are not talking about an abstract history” but rather about very real human... →
01/07/2016 - 14:47
His predictions about the consequences to culture, the family, government and the economy were remarkably accurate. He foresaw the... →
19/04/2016 - 12:15
For a scholar of nationalism, it is surprisingly difficult to say what nation Benedict Anderson belonged to. Anderson was a peripatetic... →