L.I. Mandelstam and His School in Physics

This biography of the famous Soviet physicist Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam (1889–1944), who became a Professor at Moscow State University in 1925 and an Academician (the highest scientific title in the USSR) in 1929, describes his contributions to both physics and technology. It also discusses the s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pechenkin, Alexander
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:2nd ed. 2019
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Mandelstam’s Youth and his Strasbourg Years
  • The Strasbourg Period: Radio-Engineering
  • The Strasbourg Period: Optics
  • The Years of Pilgrimage (1914–1925)
  • Moscow State University (1925–1935)
  • Research in Optics: Odessa, Moscow
  • The Scientific School of Mandelstam - The Early Steps and Results
  • The Mandelstam School. Theory of Non-linear Oscillations
  • A Continuation - The Mandelstam-Andronov School
  • M.A.Leontovich: From Statistical Physics to Physics of Plasma
  • Moscow State University and the Academy of Sciences
  • Borovoie and the Last Year in Moscow
  • Mandelstam’s Operationalism
  • L. I. Mandelstam’s Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics in the Context of the Discussions of the 1930–1940s
  • A. D. Alexandrov Criticizing Mandelstam’s Philosophy as it is Presented in his “Complete Works”