The life, science and times of Lev Vasilevich Shubnikov : pioneer of Soviet cryogenics /
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 l...
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- 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