Oral history interview with Evgeny Velikhov 2000
Family history; childhood in Moscow, Russia; interest in science at early age; education at Moscow State University; research on plasma physics; visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology; earthquake prediction on Sakhalin Island; experiences at Chernobyl Nuclear Facility; reform toward liberal...
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Columbia University
2019
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-00c1-kf73 https://dlc.library.columbia.edu/carnegie/cul:bg79cnp77t |
| Summary: | Family history; childhood in Moscow, Russia; interest in science at early age; education at Moscow State University; research on plasma physics; visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology; earthquake prediction on Sakhalin Island; experiences at Chernobyl Nuclear Facility; reform toward liberal government in USSR; 1983 US - USSR teleconference; student exchange programs between US and USSR; work on The Vega Project; research on personal computer technology; receipt of US visa under President Clinton; personal views on patriotism and nationalism. |
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