Unknown regarding little known: T. I. Rainov and V. I. Vernadsky


New archival documents reveal some previously unknown episodes in the life of Timofei Ivanovich Rainov (1888–1958), an important thinker, philosopher, and historian of science of the early 20th century. The article describes Rainov’s relations with his teachers, D. N. Ovsianniko-Kulikovsky and A. S. Lappo-Danilevsky, with colleagues and friends N. D. Kondratiev, E.L.Radlov, and L. S. Berg. The essay focuses in particular on Rainov’s contacts with V. I. Vernadsky, which played a crucial role in the establishment of the scholarly community of historians of science in Russia.

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, Unknown regarding little known: T. I. Rainov and V. I. Vernadsky, Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki [Studies in History of Science and Technology], , p.  97–137

     
    © Studies in the History of Science and Technology: Quarterly scientific journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2015)
    ISSN 0205-9606. Индекс 70143