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Category Archives: history
Life Triumphs – Sharov
In this post, we will see the book Life Triumphs by A. Sharov. About the book The book tells us story of how the terrible disease of plague was conquered. Starting from Danilo Samoilovich, a Ukrainian, founder of epidemiology in … Continue reading
Posted in books, foreign languages publishing, history, medical, physiology, popular science, science, soviet
Tagged epidemiology, health science, history of science, medicine, pandemic, plague, soviet science, vaccines
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The Price Of Truth: The Story of Rare-Earth Elements – Trifonov
In this post, we will see the book The Price Of Truth: The Story of Rare-Earth Elements by D. N. Trifonov. About the book This book is about a fascinating family of chemical elements. Popular science writers generally tend to … Continue reading
Posted in books, chemistry, discovery, history, mir books, mir publishers, popular science, science, soviet
Tagged Cerium, chemistry, discovery of elements, elements, history of chemistry, lanthanides, Lanthanum, moseley's law, Promethium, rare-earth elements, Scandium, uses of rare earth elements, Yttrium
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Evolution Of The Biosphere – Kamshilov
In this post, we will see the book Evolution Of The Biosphere by M. M. Kamshilov. About the book A book for the general reader with an interest in science and defence of the environment. Deals with problems of the … Continue reading
Posted in books, geology, history, life sciences, mir books, mir publishers, science, soviet
Tagged Archean era, biology, biomass, biosphere, biotic circulation, cells, cosmic conditions, ecology, epigenesis, evolution, fossils, geology, hereditary variation, intraspecific variability, Microevolution, natural selection, noogenesis, Noogenics, origin of life, palentology, phenotypes, Planetary preconditions, substratum of life
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The Rare Earth Elements – Trifonov
In this post, we will see the book The Rare Earth Elements by D. N. Trifonov. About the book Certain elements and their compounds, previously considered rare and of no practical interest, are being introduced on a large scale in … Continue reading
Posted in books, chemistry, history, popular science, science, soviet
Tagged Cerium, chemistry, Dysprosium, elements, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium, history of chemistry, history of rare-earth elements, history of science, Holmium, lanthanides, Lanthanum, Lutetium, Neodymium, Praseodymium, Promethium, properties of rare-earth elements, rare-earth elements, Samarium, Scandium, Terbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Yttrium
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History Of The Ancient World – Korovkin
In this post, we will see the book History Of The Ancient World by F. Korovkin About the book Fyodor Korovkin is a Doctor of History. His textbook, History of the Ancient World, was awarded the USSR State Prize in … Continue reading
A Theory Of Earth’s Origin – Schmidt
In this post, we will see the book A Theory Of Earth’s Origin by Otto Schmidt. About the book During the six years that followed the publication of the Second Edition of this book, Otto J. Schmidt, despite his serious … Continue reading
How The Machine Learned The Alphabet – Zubkov
In this post, we will see the book . About the book A little book describing how machines (computers) a can learn various things and think. The book was translated from Russian by Vladimir Korotky and illustrated by Boris Kyshtymov. … Continue reading
Posted in books, children's books, children's science, computers, engineering, history, malysh publishers, picture books, popular science, science, soviet, technology
Tagged algorithms, artificial intelligence, automatons, binary code, children's science, computers, intelligent machines, machine learning, malysh publishers, popular science, robots, soviet
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Number Systems – Fomin
In this post, we will see the book Number Systems by S. V. Fomin. This books is a part of the Popular Lectures in Mathematics series. About the book The most common language of numbers, the decimal system, has not … Continue reading
Posted in books, history, mathematics, popular lectures in mathematics, soviet
Tagged binary number system, decimal number system, history, mathematics, non-positional number systems, number systems, numbers, popular lectures in mathematics, positional number systems, round numbers, soviet, telegraphy, ternary number systems, test for divisibility, translations of number systems, unrounded numbers
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Sons of the Blue Planet – Lebedev, Luk’yanov, Romanov
In this post, we will see the book Sons Of The Blue Planet by L. Lebedev; B. Lyk’yanov; A. Romanov. About the book The daring wish of mankind was, and still is, to look at the earth from a sufficient … Continue reading
Posted in books, history, NASA Technical Translations, soviet, space, technology
Tagged astronauts, biographies, cosmonauts, history, russian, soviet, soyuz, space, space ship, space station, space technology, space travel, yuri gargarin
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The Origin of Life – Oparin
In this post, we will see the book The Origin of Life by A. I. Oparin. About the book This book discusses the ideas of origin of life on Earth. Alexander Ivanovich Oparin was a Soviet biochemist notable for his theories … Continue reading
Posted in books, foreign languages publishing, geology, history, life sciences, popular science, soviet
Tagged biochemical pathways, chemical elements, complex organic molecules, darwin, evolution, geology, hydrocarbons, life origin, popular science, primary colloids, primary organisms, protoplasm
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