Related papers: Kenneth Wilson in Moscow
This article examines the experience of distance education technologies in Podolsky municipal district, Moscow region.
Atmospheric density profiles as well as several light absorption and scattering processes depend on geographic position and are generally time-variable. Their impact on the atmospheric Cherenkov technique in general (imaging or non-imaging)…
This is a write-up of introductory remarks that I made at the UIC conference in honor of Lawrence Ein's 60th birthday. It presents an informal survey of some of Ein's work, interspersed with stories and reminiscences.
These are reminiscences of my interactions with Julian Schwinger from 1968 through 1981 and beyond.
The Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) using radio telescopes is an area of research that is now more than 50 years old. Thus far, both targeted and wide-area surveys have yet to detect artificial signals from intelligent…
I present a general overview of the results discussed during the Cracow 1997 workshop on ``Relativistic Jets in AGNs.'' My emphasis will be on showing the significant progress made in several areas over the last few years, pointing out what…
The origins of the series of European Cosmic-Ray Symposia are briefly described. The first meeting in the series, on Hadronic Interactions and Extensive Air Showers, held in Lodz, Poland in 1968, was attended by the author: some memories…
The paper tells about the main features and events of the ergodic seminar organized and headed by V.~A.~Rokhlin at the Leningrad State University. The seminar was active in {\rm1960--1970.\}
The most commonnly used methods of the theoretical analysis of electromagnetic oscillations and waves are described. The lectures are given for the fourth-year students of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. These lectures can be…
This study attempts to establish a basis for understanding how methods used in research in solar physics have evolved since World War II (WWII). The goal is to begin to explore if and how the changing research environment affects the…
A brief review of the Wigner functions method in curved space-time. Contribution to the 3rd International Wigner Symposium, 5th-11th September 1993, Oxford, UK.
High skill labour is an important factor underpinning the competitive advantage of modern economies. Therefore, attracting and retaining scientists has become a major concern for migration policy. In this work, we study the migration of…
I was lucky to meet (and even cooperate at some extent) with Israel M. Gelfand, and tried to write down (mainly in 2003-2013) my recollections about his work style and lessons I learned from him about teaching and writing mathematics…
For most writers the science is either an exotic setting or a source of thrilling conflict that would drive the story forward. For a communicator it is the other way around - the science is neatly wrapped in a package of literary tools that…
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence by looking for signals from advanced technological civilizations has been ongoing for some decades. We suggest that it could possibly be made more efficient by focusing on stars from which the…
Kevin Lynch proposed a theory of the image of the city identifying five elements that make the city legible or imageable. The resulting mental map of the city was conventionally derived through some qualitative processes, relying on…
Some erroneous and misleading statements in an article by J. Bernstein on Heisenberg's visit to Cracow during the war are corrected.
Radio SETI experiments aim to test the hypothesis that extraterrestrial civilizations emit detectable signals from communication, propulsion, or other technologies. The unprecedented capabilities of next generation radio telescopes,…
This paper was submitted in Russian edition of Journal Physics of Atomic Nuclei in 2001. The present status of experiments that are being performed at nuclear reactors in order to seek the neutrino masses, mixing, and magnetic moments,…
This book chapter, Saturn's Polar Atmosphere, is to be published by Cambridge University Press as part of a multi-volume work edited by Kevin Baines, Michael Flasar, Norbert Krupp, and Thomas Stallard, entitled "Saturn in the 21st Century."…