NNDB
This is a beta version of NNDB
Search: for
Russian Academy of Sciences

ORGANIZATION

Founded 1724 as St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Became USSR Academy of Sciences in 1925, re-named Russian Academy of Sciences in 1991, after the collapse of the USSR.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alexei A. Abrikosov
Physicist
25-Jun-1928   Particle physicist, explored superconductivity
Sergei Averintsev
Author
10-Dec-1937 21-Feb-2004 Myth of the Peoples of the World
Nikolay G. Basov
Physicist
14-Dec-1922 1-Jul-2001 Invention of the maser and laser
Boris Berezovsky
Business
23-Jan-1946   Russian oligarch, now in Israel
Sune K. Bergström
Scientist
10-Jan-1916 15-Aug-2004 Prostaglandins
Walter Bradford Cannon
Scientist
19-Oct-1871 1-Oct-1945 Fight or flight response
Pavel A. Cherenkov
Physicist
15-Jul-1904 6-Jan-1990 Cherenkov radiation
Peter Debye
Chemist
24-Mar-1884 2-Nov-1966 Studied molecular structure, dipoles
Ilya M. Frank
Physicist
23-Oct-1908 22-Jun-1990 Cherenkov radiation
Jacques-Salomon Hadamard
Mathematician
8-Dec-1865 17-Oct-1963 Prime number theorem
George W. Hill
Astronomer
3-Mar-1838 16-Apr-1914 A New Theorie of Jupiter and Saturn
Nick Holonyak
Physicist
3-Nov-1928   Light-emitting diodes
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich
Mathematician
19-Jan-1912 7-Apr-1986 Linear programming
Pyotr Kapitsa
Physicist
8-Jul-1894 8-Apr-1984 Discovered superfluidity
Hermann J. Muller
Scientist
21-Dec-1890 5-Apr-1967 Genetic effects of radiation
Giulio Natta
Chemist
26-Feb-1903 2-May-1979 Ziegler-Natta catalysts
Louis Néel
Physicist
22-Nov-1904 17-Nov-2000 Magnetic properties of solids
Yevgeny Primakov
Head of State
29-Oct-1929   Prime Minister of Russia, 1998-99
C. N. R. Rao
Chemist
30-Jun-1934   Chemistry of superconductivity
Carlo Rubbia
Physicist
31-Mar-1934   Co-Discovered W and Z particles
Martin Ryle
Astronomer
27-Sep-1918 14-Oct-1984 Radio astronomer
Andrei Sakharov
Physicist
21-May-1921 14-Dec-1989 Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb
Robert Schrieffer
Physicist
31-May-1931   BCS Theory of Superconductivity
Nikolay Semyonov
Chemist
15-Apr-1896 25-Sep-1986 Researcher of chemical kinetics
Mikhail Sholokhov
Author
24-May-1905 21-Feb-1984 The Silent Don
Arnold Sommerfeld
Physicist
5-Dec-1868 26-Apr-1951 Fine-structure constant
Roger W. Sperry
Scientist
20-Aug-1913 17-Apr-1994 "Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology
Igor Y. Tamm
Physicist
8-Jul-1895 12-Apr-1971 Cherenkov radiation
Samuel C. C. Ting
Physicist
27-Jan-1936   Co-Discoverer of J/psi particle


Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile



Copyright ©2008 Soylent Communications