Elections and Voters: A comparative introduction

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Production of and Experiments in Strong Magnetic Fields....Pages 3-7
A New Method for the Liquefaction of Helium....Pages 8-11
Problems of Liquid Helium....Pages 12-34
Oxygen....Pages 35-46
On the Nature of Ball Lightning....Pages 47-52
High Power Electronics....Pages 53-59
On some Stages of Research in the Field of Magnetism....Pages 60-74
Energy and Physics....Pages 75-85
Plasma and the Controlled Thermonuclear Reaction....Pages 86-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
The Construction and Early Work of the Institute for Physical Problems....Pages 103-114
The Organization of Research at the Institute for Physical Problems....Pages 115-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
The Unity of Science and Technology....Pages 135-139
Planning in Science....Pages 140-143
On Leadership in Science....Pages 144-151
Complex Scientific Problems....Pages 152-154
Experiment, Theory, Practice....Pages 155-160
Effectiveness of Scientific Work....Pages 161-164
Applying the Achievements of Science and Engineering....Pages 165-172
The Centenary of the Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics and the Role of Journals in the Development of Science....Pages 173-182
Basic Factors in the Organization of Science and How they are Handled in the U.S.S.R.....Pages 183-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Physical Experimentation at School....Pages 197-197
Problems in Physics....Pages 198-203
Some Principles of the Creative Upbringing and Education of Today’s Youth....Pages 204-214
Professor and Student....Pages 215-219
Remarks on the Anniversary of the Physico-Technical Institute....Pages 220-223
For the Good of the People....Pages 224-225
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
In Memory of Ernest Rutherford....Pages 229-230
The Scientific Work of Rutherford....Pages 231-243
History of a Rutherford Portrait, 1933–1934....Pages 244-250
Recollections of Lord Rutherford....Pages 251-270
The Role of an Outstanding Scientist in the Development of Science....Pages 271-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Lomonosov and World Science....Pages 279-299
The Scientific Activity of Benjamin Franklin....Pages 300-314
The Physicist and Public Figure Paul Langevin....Pages 315-322
In Memory of Ivan Petrovich Pavlov....Pages 323-324
Alexandre Alexandrovich Friedmann....Pages 325-326
Lev Davydovitch Landau....Pages 327-333
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
How is Atomic War to be Prevented?....Pages 337-341
Philosophy and Ideological Struggle....Pages 342-344
The Future of Science....Pages 345-364
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Global Scientific Problems of the Immediate Future....Pages 365-371
Global Problems and Energy....Pages 372-386
Scientific and Social Approaches for the Solution of Global Problems the Bernal Lecture, 1976....Pages 387-402
The Impact of Modern Scientific Ideas on Society....Pages 403-417
Back Matter....Pages 419-433