The Golden Years of the History of Physics at the S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Laskovaya, Vladimir

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The Golden Years of the History of Physics at the S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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S020596060022967-5-1

DOI

10.31857/S020596060022967-5

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Article

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Published

Authors

Vladimir Laskovaya

Affiliation: S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology
Address: Moscow, Ul. Baltiyskaya, 14

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Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki

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Volume 43 Issue 4

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659-696

Abstract

Based on the scientific biographical approach, the history of physics at the Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences is presented in the article as a succession of scientific biographies of prominent historians of physical science with their main scientific accomplishments and historiographic conceptions. About a dozen such leaders were singled out, including several physicists and philosophers of science. Scientific seminars, periodicals and main collective works of historians of physics as well as their participation in the international congresses on the history of science are considered. The period from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s is shown to be the “golden twenty years” of the history of physics at the Institute. The article includes the fragments of the author’s memoirs.

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history of physics, S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Sector for the History of Physics, leaders, scientific biographical approach, historiographic conceptions, “Historical Studies in Physics and Mechanics”, scientific seminars, international congresses on the history of science

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16.06.2022

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12.12.2022

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91487

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GOST	Laskovaya V. The Golden Years of the History of Physics at the S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences // Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki – 2022. – V. 43. – Issue 4 C. 659-696 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://vietmag.org/S020596060022967-5-1 (circulation date: 18.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S020596060022967-5
MLA	Laskovaya, Vladimir "The Golden Years of the History of Physics at the S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences." Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki 43.4 (2022):659-696. DOI: 10.31857/S020596060022967-5
APA	Laskovaya V. (2022). The Golden Years of the History of Physics at the S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki 43(4), pp.659-696 DOI: 10.31857/S020596060022967-5

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