So this is the story. Everyone probably remembers the recent incident with Professor Ryabov, who taught children at the Central Musical School to play the piano, and then one girl did not receive the first place in the competition that her mother had hoped for, but only second, and then the mother took her daughter away from the professor with a scandal.

Continuing the theme of popular science literature, we asked colleagues from different parts of the globe to share their impressions of the situation with such books in their countries. collected responses Sergei Popov . Respondents were asked three questions. At the same time, respondents were free to answer some of the questions or simply give their general impression. The questions were: 1.

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Recently in Ireland, official permission was given for field testing of genetically modified potatoes resistant to late blight. The event, in my opinion, is not at all ordinary for two reasons. Firstly, the last field tests of genetically modified crops in this country (and this was the sugar beet of the famous company Monsanto) took place a full decade and a half ago and ended in the destruction of the plots by members of an extremist-environmental organization.

The first thing I wanted to exclaim when I happened to get to the German Museum (Deutsches Museum, [1]) Munich was: “Yes, this is polytechnic!” And the second that occurred almost immediately after the first was “only more.” It’s not a matter of scale of the building: in appearance, the German museum seems much less impressive, partly, apparently, because it is hidden behind the trees, while the Polytechnician flaunts in the center of the square.

B. Stern Discuss Valery Rubakov and Boris Stern B.Sh. : So, two large blocks are traced in Milner: Cosmological inflation and superstrodes. Let's start with inflation. In general, in your opinion, does it deserve a powerful bonus? V. Rubakov V.R. : Perhaps a little early. I participated in the discussion about the Nobel Award for inflation. The fact is that there is not enough final confirmation. - Do you need it? Cosmological inflation and so does its job, having a huge worldview meaning.

On August 6, 2012, the American next-generation Mars rover Curiosity (“Curiosity”), weighing almost a ton, was successfully delivered to Martian Gale Crater and sent back to Earth the first black-and-white images of the Martian surface and a color 360-degree panorama. According to NASA specialists, all equipment is operating normally and there is hope that the rover will work on the planet for at least one Martian year—686 Earth days. The cost of the mission is approximately $2.5 billion.

Most of the modern residents of Russia, daily undergoes a lot of stress related to work, home or family. This is especially true for students and students who literally constantly live with a sense of anxiety and fear, before exams, tests, control and modular tasks. What is the danger of stress? First of all, by the fact that constant stay in a stressful state weakens immunity, increases blood pressure and leads to a frequent reduction in the heart muscle.

Distributed computing is becoming increasingly popular. To implement such projects, special software is required. Many teams involve voluntary participants in the calculations, who run programs on their home computers. Russia also has its own projects and participants in various international programs. We talked to a group of experts about some issues related to distributed computing.

Photo by the author On July 26, 2012, a rally was held in the Novopushkinsky Square of Moscow in defense of 16 arrested in the case of "riots" on Bolotnaya Square on May 6. The detention of the latter at the moment, on the 16th accused-Alexei Polikhovich, became known a few hours before the start of the rally. Alexei Polikhovich is an activist of the protest movement, anarchist on convictions, as well as Stepan Zimin, and Alexander Dukhanin, who was subjected to house arrest.

A competition has been announced for scholarships from the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists and graduate students, or they wanted the best...

Announcement of the issue A Christmas Carol from Theoretical Physics (pp. 1-4) Boris Stern, Valery Rubakov, Natalia Demina One of the most striking events of recent days in the life of science has been the establishment of a new major prize in the field of theoretical physics. This is the Fundamental Physics Prize, established by Yuri Milner . The first laureates have been announced.

The three-dimensional representation of the five-diversity variety of Kalabi-Yau is one of the key concepts of modern theoretical physics. Image: Jean-Francois Colonna (CMAP/ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, www.lactamme.polytechnique.fr) Once upon a time there was a graduate of the physical faculty of Moscow State University. In the hungry years of perestroika, he worked in the theoretodel Fian in the status of a graduate student.

The 62nd Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, which lasted from July 1 to July 6, 2012, left behind two lasting feelings: the feeling that you have just been involved in great science that is happening before your eyes, and the mood of celebration. This is a report and interview with Olga Zakutney . During my stay at Lake Constance, I also managed to interview one of the Russian participants at the 62nd Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau.

The name of the artist N.I. Father (1881-1955) until recently, nothing told me anything. This is partly strange, because, as it turned out later, I knew for a long time and loved his work "Girl in a purple dress." And when the Tretyakovka, by the 130th anniversary of the death of the master, prepared a considerable exhibition of Feshin, I tried to understand why we are known mainly to collectors and art historians.