Lonely ideas : can Russia compete? / / Loren Graham
| Lonely ideas : can Russia compete? / / Loren Graham |
| Autore | Graham Loren R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.947 |
| Soggetto topico |
Technological innovations - Russia (Federation)
Technology and state - Russia (Federation) Research, Industrial - Russia (Federation) Industrialization - Russia (Federation) High technology industries - Russia (Federation) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-262-31738-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""I The Problem: Why Can�t Russia, after Three Centuries of Trying, Modernize?""; ""1 The Early Arms Industry: Early Achievement, Later Slump""; ""2 Railroads: Promise and Distortion""; ""3 The Electrical Industry: Failed Inventors of the Nineteenth Century""; ""4 Aviation: A Frustrated Master, a Deformed Industry""; ""5 Soviet Industrialization: The Myth That It Was Modernization""; ""6 The Semiconductor Industry: Unheralded and Unrewarded Russian Pioneers""; ""7 Genetics and Biotechnology: The Missed Revolution""; ""8 Computers: Victory and Failure""
""9 Lasers: Genius and Missed Opportunities""""10 The Exceptions and What They Prove: Software, Space, Nuclear Power""; ""II What Are the Causes of the Problem?""; ""11 The Attitudinal Question""; ""12 The Political Order""; ""13 Social Barriers""; ""14 The Legal System""; ""15 Economic Factors""; ""16 Corruption and Crime""; ""17 The Organization of Education and Research""; ""III Can Russia Overcome Its Problem Today? Russia�s Unique Opportunity""; ""18 Creating New Foundations and Research Universities""; ""19 RUSNANO (Nanotechnology) and Skolkovo (a New Technology City)"" ""20 How Russia Could Break Out of Its Three-Centuries-Old Trap""""Acknowledgments""; ""Chronology""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary of Names""; ""Index""; ""Images"" |
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Naming infinity [[electronic resource] ] : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity / / Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor
| Naming infinity [[electronic resource] ] : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity / / Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor |
| Autore | Graham Loren R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510.947/0904 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KantorJean-Michel |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Russia (Federation) - Religious aspects
Mysticism - Russia (Federation) Mathematics - Russia (Federation) - Philosophy Mathematics - France - Religious aspects Mathematics - France - Philosophy Set theory |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-674-05391-5 |
| Classificazione | BH 3200 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Storming a monastery -- A crisis in mathematics -- The French trio: Borel, Lebesgue, Baire -- The Russian trio: Egorov, Luzin, Florensky -- Russian mathematics and mysticism -- The legendary Lusitania -- Fates of the Russian trio -- Lusitania and after -- The human in mathematics, then and now. |
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Naming infinity [[electronic resource] ] : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity / / Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor
| Naming infinity [[electronic resource] ] : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity / / Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor |
| Autore | Graham Loren R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510.947/0904 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KantorJean-Michel |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Russia (Federation) - Religious aspects
Mysticism - Russia (Federation) Mathematics - Russia (Federation) - Philosophy Mathematics - France - Religious aspects Mathematics - France - Philosophy Set theory |
| ISBN | 0-674-05391-5 |
| Classificazione | BH 3200 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Storming a monastery -- A crisis in mathematics -- The French trio: Borel, Lebesgue, Baire -- The Russian trio: Egorov, Luzin, Florensky -- Russian mathematics and mysticism -- The legendary Lusitania -- Fates of the Russian trio -- Lusitania and after -- The human in mathematics, then and now. |
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009 | ||
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Naming infinity : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity / / Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor
| Naming infinity : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity / / Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor |
| Autore | Graham Loren R |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510.947/0904 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KantorJean-Michel |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Russia (Federation) - Religious aspects
Mysticism - Russia (Federation) Mathematics - Russia (Federation) - Philosophy Mathematics - France - Religious aspects Mathematics - France - Philosophy Set theory |
| ISBN |
9780674053915
0674053915 |
| Classificazione | BH 3200 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Storming a monastery -- A crisis in mathematics -- The French trio: Borel, Lebesgue, Baire -- The Russian trio: Egorov, Luzin, Florensky -- Russian mathematics and mysticism -- The legendary Lusitania -- Fates of the Russian trio -- Lusitania and after -- The human in mathematics, then and now. |
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| Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009 | ||
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Science in the new Russia [[electronic resource] ] : crisis, aid, reform / / Loren Graham and Irina Dezhina
| Science in the new Russia [[electronic resource] ] : crisis, aid, reform / / Loren Graham and Irina Dezhina |
| Autore | Graham Loren R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509.47 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DezhinaIrina <1962-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Russia (Federation) - History
Science - Soviet Union - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9786611810825
1-281-81082-7 0-253-00033-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Science at the end of the Soviet period -- Breakup of the Soviet Union and crisis in Russian science -- Major directions of reform in Russian science -- Foundations -- Developing a commercial culture for Russian science -- International support of Russian science -- Strengthening research in Russian universities -- Impact of international activities on Russian science -- Conclusion. |
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| Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2008 | ||
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Science in the new Russia [[electronic resource] ] : crisis, aid, reform / / Loren Graham and Irina Dezhina
| Science in the new Russia [[electronic resource] ] : crisis, aid, reform / / Loren Graham and Irina Dezhina |
| Autore | Graham Loren R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509.47 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DezhinaIrina <1962-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Russia (Federation) - History
Science - Soviet Union - History |
| ISBN |
9786611810825
1-281-81082-7 0-253-00033-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Science at the end of the Soviet period -- Breakup of the Soviet Union and crisis in Russian science -- Major directions of reform in Russian science -- Foundations -- Developing a commercial culture for Russian science -- International support of Russian science -- Strengthening research in Russian universities -- Impact of international activities on Russian science -- Conclusion. |
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| Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2008 | ||
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