The World of Andrei Sakharov: A Russian Physicist's Path to Freedom
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (979 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 019515620X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 406 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Madridgirl Excellent. Please note that the kindle Edition is a very terrible port from the print version to this protected epub This is a well written book on the Theoretical Physicist Andrei Sakharov. It delves into the person where most books delve too much into the science behind the man. I am currently writing a screenplay set in theoretical Russian/Ukrainian history and this book is my source material to understanding the men behind science during the 50ies/80ies. Please note that the kindle Edition is a very terrible port from the print version to this protected epub format. Its almost if they scanned the book and made no attempt to format it correctl
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Gorelik also elucidates the reasons that brought about the seemingly sudden transformation of the top-secret physicist into a public figure in 1968, when Sakharov's famous essay "Progress, Peaceful Coexistence, and Intellectual Freedom" was distributed in samizdat in the USSR and smuggled out to the West. In the course of doing so, Gennady Gorelik answers a fascinating question, whether the Soviet hydrogen bomb was really fathered by Sakharov, or whether it was based on stolen American secrets. Recently declassified documents show that Sakharov's metamorphosis was caused by professional concerns, particularly regarding the development of an anti-ballistic missile defense. How did Andrei Sakharov, a theoretical physicist and the acknowledged father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, become a human rights activist and the first Russian to win the Nobel Peace Prize? In his later years, Sakharov noted in his diary that he was "simply a man with an unusual fate." To understand this deceptively straightforward statement by an extraordinary man, The World of Andrei Sakharov, the first authoritative study of Andrei Sakharov as a scientist as well as a public figure, relies on previously inaccessible documents, recently declassified archives, and personal accounts by Sakharov's friends and colleagues to examine the real context of Sakharov's life. Gorelik concludes th
"With its wider perspectives on the institutions and realities of Sakharov's age, this book should take a rightful placeamong front displays of books about science, public policy and societyThrough the example of the Soviet Union and its dissident hero Andrei Sakharov, Gorelik and Bouis have made an invaluable contribution to the universal conversation about morality and science."--The Moscow Times