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Category Archives: popular science
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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A World We Do Not See – Lev Potkov
In this post, we will see the book A World We Do Not See by Lev Potkov. About the book The reading public has always been keenly interested in the world of microscopic beings. And it is not difficult to … 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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Tomorrow? … Yesterday? – Zubkov
In this post, we will see the book Tomorrow? … Yesterday? by Boris Zubkov. About the book A book describing history and evolution of measuring time at different epochs. Discusses various natural phenomena which were used to keep calendars and … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, children's books, children's science, engineering, malysh publishers, popular science, science, soviet, technology
Tagged calendar, circadian rhythm, clocks, history of time, optimisation, phases of moon, popular science, soviet, technology, tides, time, time measurement
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Great Grandmother Universe – Krivin
In this post, we will see the book Great Grandmother Universe by Felix Krivin. About the book A little book for children with beautiful illustrations describing several fascinating aspects of astronomy and the universe which we live in. The book … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, books, children's books, children's science, picture books, popular science, science, soviet
Tagged astronomy, children's science, eclipses, horizon, malysh publishers, moon, observations, planets, popular science, radio telescope, round earth, satellites, sky, soviet, space, stars, telescopes, the sun, universe
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Soviet Sputniks
In this post, we will see the book Soviet Sputniks. This book is based on articles by Ambartsumyan; Blagonravov; E. Blinov; S. Vemov; K. Gilzin; Professor Dobronravov; S. Dolginov; P. Isakov; A. Karpenko; Dr. V. Krasovsky; Y. Krylov; Professor Romadin; … Continue reading
Posted in Aerodynamics, popular science, science, soviet, space, technology
Tagged artificial satellite, russian, soviet, space programme, space technology, space travel, sputnik
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Our Atmospheric Ocean – Kolobkov
In this post, we will see the book Our Atmospheric Ocean by N. Kolobkov. About the book A book about various atmospheric phenomena. The importance of the atmosphere in the life of our planet cannot be overestimated. The earth is … Continue reading
Posted in books, foreign languages publishing, meteorology, physics, popular science, science, soviet
Tagged atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena, climate, clouds, foreign languages publishing house, geology, lightning, meteorology, observatories, optical phenomena, rain, sky, snow, soviet, thunder, thunderstorms, weather, winds, windstorms
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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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How Man Learned To Fly – Belyayev
In this post, we will see the book How Man Learned To Fly by Alexander Belyayev. About the book All of us want to fly like birds. Now flying seems to be an everyday thing for us. But attempts to … Continue reading
Posted in Aerodynamics, books, children's books, children's science, malysh publishers, popular science, science, technology
Tagged Aerodynamics, aeroplaces, aerostats, aviation, children's literature, children's science, dirigibles, flight, gliders, history of technology, hot air balloons, illustrated books, planes, popular science, rockets, winged crafts
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