Pavel Amnuel He finished the book late at night. Well, how did you finish reading? I missed a lot when the author’s reasoning was unclear. I reread some things, trying to figure it out. He couldn’t remember when he had read a popular science book with such attention. In physics! Not according to the history of religions and beliefs, not according to the mythology of different peoples. In physics!

October 8: Along the paths from the dunes Frank Herbert (Wikipedia) Franklin (Frank) Patrick Herbert , Jr., 1920–1986, was born 105 years ago, an American writer, author of a series of novels about Dune, the novels “Dragon at Sea”, “Green Brain”, “Helstrom Hive”, “Santarogi Barrier” and others. From an interview with Frank Herbert: “ The idea for Dune came to me when I was about to write an article (by the way, I never finished this article) about controlling the movement of sand dunes.

The entire issue of the newspaper “Trinity Option - Science” No. 440 dated October 21, 2025 in PDF Issue materials in HTML Announcement of the issue Revisiting scientific ethics Mikhail Gelfand and Sergey Tazov call on the scientific community to prevent the defense of a dissertation on homeopathy in Tomsk - pp.

Alexey Kudrya New data on the NGC 2506 cluster Astronomers have been able to clarify the fundamental parameters of the galactic open cluster NGC 2506 in the constellation Monoceros, using the unique properties of double star systems. The results of the study, based on data from the Gaia and TESS spacecraft, demonstrate a high-precision method applicable to testing models of stellar evolution and studying the history of the Milky Way [ 1 ].

Alexey Levin This article closes a series of publications dedicated to the centenary of quantum mechanics, which appeared in the Trinity Option in 2024–2025. At the same time it is a tribute and tribute to one of its creators.

Alexander Meshcheryakov. Photo by I. Solovyov By the way, as a child I traveled by train from Rizhsky Station to Istra in an hour and fifteen minutes. More than sixty years have passed since then, and the travel time has not changed. I sincerely thank the Ministry of Railways and everyone involved in it! There are so few realities left that have not changed and connect me with childhood. But on my railway line the speed of life remained the same. So during the journey you can see and do a lot.

Science journalist Anton Nelikhov has published a new book that brings invigorating natural science variety to Mann, Ivanov and Farber's popular series on the myths of the world's peoples, ranging from the Sumerians to the Kazakhs, as well as myths about unicorns, mermaids and so on. Yuri Ugolnikov shares his impressions.

Prague. Charles Bridge over the Vltava with statues of saints and a view of the Old Town. March 9, 1967. Photo: Jack de Nijs/Anefo We are publishing a new chapter from Mikhail Mikhailov’s future book “How I Was a Scientist” 1 . When I joined the institute department, there were about one hundred and twenty people working there. It was organized in the mid-1950s to study a range of problems associated with the creation and operation of powerful explosives.

Irina Vladimirova They know firsthand about tsunamis in Kamchatka. Therefore, forecasting this phenomenon became one of the main issues discussed at the scientific event - a satellite of the V Congress of Young Scientists 1 , held from September 28 to October 4 at Kamchatka State University. Vitus Bering. The group under the leadership of Art.

Draft version of the Yalguba logo. Author - Elena Kubli In Karelia, not far from Petrozavodsk, on Lake Onega, there is the village of Yalguba. The village is almost 500 years old, about 160 people live there, not counting summer residents, and domestic animals - for example, a dog named Cosmos. “Huge, black, trusting and unhurried - a sort of spirit of the northern village, which Yalguba is - with its own characteristics, of course,” says ethnographer Ksenia Fedosova .

Gennady Gorelik From the point of view of ist- and diamat I will begin by answering the questions asked at the end of the first half of the story about Gamow’s letter to Stalin 1 . Doubts about the reality of this letter disappeared when I saw an entry in the diary of Academician V.I.

Circus on Tsvetnoy: history, people and magic under the dome Sometimes the city seems too noisy, and you want something real - where emotions are alive, laughter is sincere, and miracles happen without special effects. It’s worth a look at the circus on Tsvetnoy to remember how it happens.