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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300545003321

Autore

Reinders L. J

Titolo

The Life, Science and Times of Lev Vasilevich Shubnikov : Pioneer of Soviet Cryogenics / / by L. J. Reinders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-72098-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 pages)

Collana

Springer Biographies, , 2365-0613

Disciplina

623.45119092247

Soggetti

Physics

Low temperatures

Russia—History

Europe, Eastern—History

History

History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics

Low Temperature Physics

Russian, Soviet, and East European History

History of Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Shubnikov’s early years in St. Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad -- Shubnikov’s scientific work in Leningrad; papers with Obreimov -- Shubnikov in Leiden -- Shubnikov's Scientific work in Leiden: Shubnikov–de Haas effect -- Founding of the Ukrainian Physico-Technical Institute in Kharkov -- History of UFTI in the thirties -- Shubnikov’s scientific work at UFTI -- Repression at the Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute -- The UFTI Affair: The case of Weissberg and Weisselberg -- The UFTI Affair: The case of Shubnikov, Rozenkevich and Gorsky -- The UFTI Affair: Other repressed UFTI physicists -- The Landau-Korets-Rumer Case -- Shubnikov’s rehabilitation -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: Shubnikov’s statement on research in cryogenics -- Appendix 2: Interrogations of members of the UFTI staff -- Appendix 3: Documents of the case of Shubnikov, Rozenkevich and Gorsky -- Appendix 4: The rehabilitation



of Shubnikov, Rozenkevich and Gorsky -- List of Shubnikov’s publications -- Abbreviations -- Timeline of Shubnikov's life.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the life, times and science of the Soviet physicist Lev Vasilevich Shubnikov (1901-1937). From 1926 to 1930 Shubnikov worked in Leiden where he was the co-discoverer of the Shubnikov-De Haas effect. After his return to the Soviet Union he founded in Kharkov in Ukraine the first low-temperature laboratory in the Soviet Union, which in a very short time became the foremost physics institute in the country and among other things led to the discovery of type-II superconductivity. In August 1937 Shubnikov, together with many of his colleagues, was arrested and shot early in November 1937. This gripping story gives deep insights into the pioneering work of Soviet physicists before the Second World War, as well as providing much previously unpublished information about their brutal treatment at the hands of the Stalinist regime.