Andrei Sakharov: Quarks and the Structure of Matter

by Harry J. Lipkin

In 1980, the Cold War was in full bloom. The Soviet father of the hydrogen bomb and Nobel Peace Laureate turned dissident physicist, Andrei Sakharov, had been exiled to Gorki by the Soviet authorities. Called "senile" and under heavy Soviet censorship, Sakharov had a hard time communicating his latest scientific results to readers outside of Gorki. Some smuggled results reached the author, Harry Lipkin, who then realized that he and Sakharov were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9814407410
• ISBN13: 9789814407410
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"