Atom Projects

This book is a collection of personal memories about the people who participated in the USSR atomic project — Landau, Alikhanov, Pomeranchuk, Alikhanian, Migdal Jr., Gribov, Zeldovich, Sakharov, Kurchatov, Vannikov, Eldian. As the author is the only living person who was involved in the project, these personal recollections are interesting and unique for a broad audience who has been unfamiliar with the details so far.

Contents:The Beginning of WW2On the Way to A-BombGerman Atomic ProjectSoviet Atomic ProjectSoviet H BombWhy USSR Needed Nuclear BombsMain Reasons for the Chernobyl DisasterA Story of an Accident on a Soviet Submarine (with Happy End)How I Became a Theoretical PhysicistHow I Prevented a Nuclear Accident at ITEPNuclear Reactors and PoliticsHeisenberg Visits Bohr in 1941The Attitude of Soviet Physicists towards the Soviet Nuclear ProjectAn Outlook for the Future
Readership: Scientists and students who are interested in physics and history of science.
Atomic Projects;Landau;Hydrogen Bombs0