Mikhail Vasilʹevich Lomonosov : his life and work / by G.E. Pavlova and A.S. Fedorov : translated from the Russian by Arthur Aksenov ; translation edited by Richard Hainsworth.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: engrus Publication details: Moscow, Russia : Mir Publishers, 1984.Edition: Revised from the 1980 Russian editionDescription: 312 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cmUniform titles:
  • Mikhail Vasilʹevich Lomonosov. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 509/.2/4 B 19
LOC classification:
  • Q 143 .L8 P3813 1984
Contents:
Mikhail Vasilʹevich Lomonosov: the founder of Russian science -- Introduction --
His life: Childhood years -- At the Spassky schools -- The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences -- Education in Germany -- His first years at The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences -- A professor at St. Petersburg Academy -- Organizer of Russian science -- The last years of life life --
His work: World outlook: The atomic-kinetic concept -- Chemical research -- Scientific works in physics -- Works in astronomy and applied optics -- Genealogy, mineralogy, and technology in Lomonosov's works -- Studies in geography and meteorology -- Scientific works in history and economics -- Lomonosov the philologist, man of letters, and artist.
Summary: "The life and works of the Russian scholar Mikhail Vasilʹevich Lomonosov constitute an era in the history of both science and culture in Russia and the world. He was one of the most educated people of his time and a gifted man of remarkable talent, his versatile scientific and civil activities being extraordinarily fruitful. As a brilliant encyclopedist he worked with passion, vigour, and proficiency over a range of the natural sciences and in technology, assiduously studying philosophy, history, and linguistics, and carrying out some complex experiments in chemistry and physics. He also wrote poetry, created objects of art, and painted with consummate skill. Lomonosov's efforts with inseparably linked with the demands the enormous country he lived in was making as it embarked on a course of industrial development and all the creative endeavors of this giant of knowledge must be seen in the context of the economic and social tasks facing his Fatherland in the age of reforms initiated by Peter the Great. There is every good reason to consider M.V. Lomonosov as the father of Russian science." -- from the introduction.
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Includes chronology with principal dates in the life and work of Lomonosov.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [310]-312.)

Mikhail Vasilʹevich Lomonosov: the founder of Russian science -- Introduction --

His life: Childhood years -- At the Spassky schools -- The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences -- Education in Germany -- His first years at The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences -- A professor at St. Petersburg Academy -- Organizer of Russian science -- The last years of life life --

His work: World outlook: The atomic-kinetic concept -- Chemical research -- Scientific works in physics -- Works in astronomy and applied optics -- Genealogy, mineralogy, and technology in Lomonosov's works -- Studies in geography and meteorology -- Scientific works in history and economics -- Lomonosov the philologist, man of letters, and artist.

"The life and works of the Russian scholar Mikhail Vasilʹevich Lomonosov constitute an era in the history of both science and culture in Russia and the world. He was one of the most educated people of his time and a gifted man of remarkable talent, his versatile scientific and civil activities being extraordinarily fruitful. As a brilliant encyclopedist he worked with passion, vigour, and proficiency over a range of the natural sciences and in technology, assiduously studying philosophy, history, and linguistics, and carrying out some complex experiments in chemistry and physics. He also wrote poetry, created objects of art, and painted with consummate skill. Lomonosov's efforts with inseparably linked with the demands the enormous country he lived in was making as it embarked on a course of industrial development and all the creative endeavors of this giant of knowledge must be seen in the context of the economic and social tasks facing his Fatherland in the age of reforms initiated by Peter the Great. There is every good reason to consider M.V. Lomonosov as the father of Russian science." -- from the introduction.

Translated from the Russian.

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