L.I. Mandelstam and His School in Physics

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
 Introduction  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 1-8
 Youth and Strasbourg Years  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 9-30
 The Strasbourg Period: Radio-engineering  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 31-53
 The Strasbourg Period: Optics  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 55-74
 The Years of Pilgrimage (1914–1925)  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 75-87
 Moscow State University (1925–1935)  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 89-111
 Research in Optics: Odessa, Moscow  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 113-123
 The Scientific School of Mandelstam. The Early Steps and Results  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 125-136
 The Mandelstam School: Theory of Non-linear Oscillations  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 137-152
 A Continuation—The Mandelstam-Andronov School  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 153-168
 Moscow State University and the Academy of Sciences  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 169-181
 Borovoie and the Last Year in Moscow  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 183-191
 M.A. Leontovich: From Freedom in Creativity to Nuclear Weapons  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 193-203
 Mandelstam’s Operationalism  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 205-220
 L.I. Mandelstam’s Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics in the Context of the Discussions of the 1930–1940s  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 221-233
 Conclusion  (Alexander Pechenkin)....Pages 235-238
Back Matter ....Pages 239-259