2013 • № 1
CONTENTS:
150thJubilee of V. I. Vernadsky
A. G. Nazarov. V. I. Vernadsky’s anniversaries
From the History of Science
V. M. Savenkova. Phenological observations of rivers’ ice conditions by expeditions of the St. Petersburg Academy during the second half of the 18th century
Social History of Science
D. L. Saprykin. The “golden age” of Russian science and technology and the “classical” approach to engineering education
From the History of Technology
A. N. Medved’. “New wiseacres” and “craftiness”: Images of the engineer in 15th–16th century Russian literature
I. V. Morozov. The first specialized high-altitude aircraft: Stratoplanes of the 1930s
V. N. Tarasova, O. N. Voronina. The evolution of technical standards for rails (the Russian Empire, USSR, and Russian Federation)
Lessons from History
B. I. Kriuchkov. Hermann Oberth: His visit to the Gagarin Center for the Training of Cosmonauts thirty years ago
V. A. Esakov, V. A. Snytko. A manuscript worthy of becoming a book: M. S. Bodnarsky and his “Essays on the history of knowledge about the Earth”
Materials for the Biographies of Scientists and Engineers
O. B. Sheynin. “St. Feodos”: Feodosy Nikolaevich Krasovsky (1878–1948)
G. V. Dobrovolsky, I. V. Ivanov, M. I. Gerasimova. Igor’ Arkadievich Krupennikov – soil scientist, geographer, and historian of soil sciences
Museums and Institutions
E. N. Konovalova, L. P. Roshchevskaia. The St. Petersburg Academy of Science’s cooperation with the Tobolsk Provincial Museum on the study of Northern Ural region in the early 20th century
Discussions, Meetings and Interviews
E. L. Zheltova. “History of science and technology is essential for our understanding of political, social, and cultural developments over the centuries” (interview with J. Andrews)
Book Reviews
S. Domoradzki. The Growth of Mathematical Culture in the Lviv Area in the Autonomy Period, 1870–1920 (Prague: Matfyzpress, 2011), reviewed by S. S. Demidov
E. I. Kolchinsky (ed.). Charles Darwin and Contemporary Biology (St. Petersburg 2010), reviewed by A. B. Georgievsky
Selected papers of the 24th International Baltic Conference on the History of Science and the follow-up seminar (Baltic Journal of European Studies. Journal of Tallinn University of Technology, Vol. 1, No. 1 (9), 2011), reviewed by I. B. Sokolova
N. I. Makeshin, R. R. Mdivani (eds.). Thesaurus on science studies by INION: science and education (Moscow 2011), reviewed by N. I. Makeshin
Academic Life
A. A. Simonov. Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force. Part 1: Zhukovskii
N. M. Semenov. Celebrations of the 100th of the Russian Air Force. Part 2: Monino, Voronezh, Moscow
T. A. Kursanova. Conference on “N. I. Vavilov’s Scientific Ideas and the Historical Context of the Development of Genetics in the 20th Century”
N. L. Gindilis. The Second International School for young scientists of the Institute for History of Science and Technology and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
D. A. Bayuk. Professor Loren Graham in the editorial office of VIET