A. G. STROMBERG - FIRST CLASS SCIENTIST, SECOND CLASS CITIZEN: LETTERS FROM THE GULAG AND A HISTORY OF ELECTROANALYSIS IN THE USSR

Compton, Richard Guy; Wildgoose, Gregory George; Zakharova, Elza A; Kabakaev, Alexander S; Stawpert, Michael T

ISBN 10: 1848166753 / ISBN 13: 9781848166752

Verlag: Imperial College Press, 2011

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers I-9781848166752

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• Titel: A. G. STROMBERG - FIRST CLASS SCIENTIST, SECOND CLASS CITIZEN: LETTERS FROM THE GULAG AND A HISTORY OF ELECTROANALYSIS IN THE USSR
• Verlag: Imperial College Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1848166753
• ISBN-13: 9781848166752
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: New

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Armin G Stromberg was arguably one of the founding fathers of the technique of stripping voltammetry frequently used in chemical analysis, yet he is virtually unheard of in Western scientific circles. He was a brilliant scientist, but due to his German ancestry he was interred in one of the NKVD GULAG camps at the outbreak of the Second World War.This semi-biographical history presents the complete set of 74 surviving letters written by Stromberg to his wife during this period. The letters provide both historians and the interested public with a rare and unique glimpse into the everyday living conditions of inmates in one of the GULAG labour camps. The book also traces Stromberg's life following his release. More importantly, it relates how he founded the thriving Tomsk school to the wider historical context of electroanalysis in the USSR, drawing conclusions about the rate of scientific development as compared to the West and showing how ‘wet analysis’ remained of vital importance to industry long after equivalent measurements were made elsewhere.Readers will also appreciate how Stromberg's invaluable contributions in the Tomsk School of Electroanalysis laid the foundations for the extensive metallurgical extraction and nuclear industries that dominated the entire Siberian region for many years. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the life and times of an important, yet often overlooked scientist of the Second World War.

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Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.