On November 27, 2008, the name of the first laureate of the Enlightener Prize, established by the Fund for Non-Profit Programs of Dmitry Zimin, “Dynasty” in support of popular science literature, was announced at the Nonfict Fair. As the TRV already reported, in October, the Short List List List of the Enlightener included: “Kids and Mathematics” by Alexander Zvonkin (see this book. TRV No.

We publish an interview with a famous Russian scientist, a theoretic physicist and a mathematician, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991), the laureate of the USSR State Prizes (1987) and the Russian Federation (1992), the laureate of the Dirac medal (2003), as well as the famous poet Vladimir Evgenievich Zakharov.

Dear editors! I learned from the news of the website “Science and Technology of the Russian Federation” that on December 2, at the round table “Long-term scientific and technological forecast of the Russian Federation: results” at the Ministry of Education and Science, the first global report on the state and prospects of the science and technology sector in Russia was presented [1 ]. Already 800 pages long!

Play in two parts with a prologue, an intermission and an epilogue We publish an article by the candidate of biological sciences, the scientific secretary of the Institute of Biophysics of the SB RAS (Krasnoyarsk), a member of the Coordinating Council for Youth Affairs in the scientific and educational fields under the Presidential Council of Science, Technology and Education of Yegor Zerozheev, dedicated to the problem of the return of the scientific diaspora.

TRV: In the West, science is “made” mainly at universities. We have traditionally, with rare exceptions, science and higher education are structurally divided. Now they say a lot that it is necessary to move to the Western system of the organization of science, implying mainly a system in the United States.

“It must be said that there is no paradox in studying science and poetry at the same time. Mandelstam said that chemistry helped Lomonosov. Without making any claims to comparison, I will say that mathematics helped me. Many scientists write poetry, and the only question is whether there is enough energy to engage in science and poetry equally selflessly,” notes academician Vladimir Zakharov in the preface to the collection of his poems “Before the Sky” (M.: Vremya, 2005).

Rebekah Frumkina The poet said this about friends who moved to another world. Nostalgia for times is an alien feeling to me. But for the people. by atmosphere. I never visited Academgorodok, where in the second half of the 60s I was often invited to give lectures, stay, or just breathe different air—my teachers, friends, and colleagues lived and worked there. But then I was seriously ill for a long time, so the matter was limited to correspondence and meetings in Moscow.

We publish an interview with a famous Russian scientist, a theoretic physicist and a mathematician, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991), the laureate of the USSR State Prizes (1987) and the Russian Federation (1992), the laureate of the Dirac medal (2003), as well as the famous poet Vladimir Evgenievich Zakharov.

No matter how difficult it is to imagine, Pushkin does not use the word Decembrist. It is very likely that he never heard it. It’s strange to think that Pestel and Ryleev died without ever knowing that they were Decembrists. And when, exactly, did the word Decembrists appear? It is clear that later than the uprising on Senate Square on December 14, 1825, but when? I remember well that this simple question came to my mind just a few years ago, in Irkutsk, at the Decembrist Museum.

Just a few years ago, the idea of ​​​​creating a popular science magazine of good printing quality, and even filled with meaningful materials, seemed to me personally too bold for its real implementation. Therefore, in June 2004, having submitted material to one of the first issues of the journal Science at First Hand and sincerely wishing the organizers success in their endeavor, I never thought that this project would be successful.

The absence in our newspapers of any coherent and complete information about the essence and course of the trial of A. Ginzburg, Yu. Galanskov, A. Dobrovolsky and V. Lashkova, convicted under Art. 70 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, alerted us and forced us to look for information in other sources, in foreign communist newspapers.

Just a few years ago, the idea of ​​​​creating a popular science magazine of good printing quality, and even filled with meaningful materials, seemed to me personally too bold for its real implementation. Therefore, in June 2004, having submitted material to one of the first issues of the journal Science at First Hand and sincerely wishing the organizers success in their endeavor, I never thought that this project would be successful.

We publish an article by our permanent author, archaeologist, historian Lev Samuilovich Klein, dedicated to the undeservedly forgotten pioneer of archaeological expeditions in Russia. 1. The first Messerschmidt in Russia. For the generation of Russians who survived the Patriotic War of 1941-1945, the German surname Messerschmidt (Messerschmitt) is associated with only one-with enemy aircraft that flew into our troops.

Rebekah Frumkina The poet said this about friends who moved to another world. Nostalgia for times is an alien feeling to me. But for the people. by atmosphere. I never visited Akademgorodok, where in the second half of the 60s I was often invited to give lectures, stay, or just breathe different air - my teachers, friends, and colleagues lived and worked there. But then I was seriously ill for a long time, so the matter was limited to correspondence and meetings in Moscow.

Russian science is not only Moscow and its environs. Which is, in fact, correct - all over the world they are trying to create conditions for scientists so that nothing distracts them from understanding the world. Even scientific centers that gravitate towards megacities are located at a respectful distance from them (at least several hours of travel by ground transport).