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Stalin's great science the times and adventures of Soviet physicists

World-class science and technology developed in the Soviet Unionduring Stalin's dictatorial rule under conditions of politicalviolence, lack of international contacts, and severe restrictions onthe freedom of information. Stalin's Great Science: The Times andAdventures of Soviet Physicists is an invaluable book thatinvestigates this paradoxical success by following the lives and workof Soviet scientists including Nobel Prizewinning physicistsKapitza, Landau, and others throughout the turmoil of wars, revolutions, and repression that characterized the first half ofRussia's twentieth century.

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