LEADER 04085oam 2200661Ma 450 001 9910785243503321 005 20190503073355.0 010 $a0-262-29150-9 010 $a1-282-89923-6 010 $a9786612899232 010 $a0-262-28952-0 024 8 $a9786612899232 035 $a(CKB)2670000000047041 035 $a(OCoLC)693808219 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10424689 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000438936 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12127647 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000438936 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10460820 035 $a(PQKB)11690085 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339174 035 $a(OCoLC)693808219$z(OCoLC)816618646$z(OCoLC)828424250$z(OCoLC)961498936$z(OCoLC)962568498$z(OCoLC)966147831$z(OCoLC)988519528$z(OCoLC)991999327$z(OCoLC)1037928937$z(OCoLC)1038565322$z(OCoLC)1055390831$z(OCoLC)1058154179$z(OCoLC)1066403240$z(OCoLC)1081289820 035 $a(OCoLC-P)693808219 035 $a(MaCbMITP)8222 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339174 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10424689 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL289923 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000047041 100 $a20100225d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLenin's laureate $eZhores Alferov's life in communist science /$fPaul R. Josephson 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (314 p.) 225 1 $aTransformations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-01458-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 1 $a"In 2000, the Russian scientist Zhores Alferov shared the Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of the heterojunction, a semiconductor device the practical applications of which include light-emitting diodes, rapid transistors, and the microchip. Alferov's Nobel Prize was the culmination of a career that spanned the eras of Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorbachev--and continues today in the post-communist Russia of Putin and Medvedev. In Lenin's Laureate, the historian Paul Josephson tells the story of Alferov's life and work and examines the bureaucratic, economic, and ideological obstacles to doing statesponsored scientific research in the Soviet Union." "Lenin and the Bolsheviks built strong institutions for scientific research, rectifying years of neglect under the Tsars. Later generations of scientists, including Alferov and his colleagues, reaped the benefits, achieving important breakthroughs: the first nuclear reactor for civilian energy, an early fusion device, and, of course, Sputnik. Josephson's account of Alferov's career reveals the strengths and weaknesses of Soviet science, a schizophrenic environment of cutting-edge research and political interference. Alferov, born into a family of Communist loyalists, joined the Party in 1967. He supported Gorbachev's reforms in the 1980s, but later became frustrated by the recession-plagued post-communist state's failure to fund scientific research adequately. An elected member of the Russian parliament since 1995, he uses his prestige as a Nobel laureate to protect Russian science from further cutbacks." "Drawing on extensive archival research and the author's own discussions with Alferov, Lenin's Laureate offers a unique account of Soviet science, presented against the backdrop of the USSR's turbulent history from the revolution through perestroika."--Jacket. 410 0$aTransformations (M.I.T. Press) 606 $aPhysicists$zRussia (Federation)$vBiography 606 $aPhysics$zRussia (Federation)$xHistory 606 $aScience and state$zRussia (Federation)$xHistory 610 $aHUMANITIES/Biography & Autobiography 615 0$aPhysicists 615 0$aPhysics$xHistory. 615 0$aScience and state$xHistory. 676 $a509.47/0904 700 $aJosephson$b Paul R$0685141 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785243503321 996 $aLenin's laureate$93809599 997 $aUNINA