Aksel Berg A Man Of 20th Century (Outstanding Soviet Scientists) | I. L. Radunskaya
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Author: I. L. Radunskaya
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Added Date: 2022-08-05
Publication Date: 1986
Language: eng
Subjects: soviet science, biography, soviet scientists, engineering, cybernetics, computers
Publishers: Mir Pulishers
Collections: mir-titles, additional collections
Pages Count: 300
PPI Count: 300
PDF Count: 1
Total Size: 250.53 MB
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Translated from the Russian by Alexander Repyeu
First published 1986
Revised from the 1971 Russian edition
His life, in essence, consisted of several separate lives.
And if he had only lived the first, or solely the second,
or just the third of the lives, he would merit a biography
all the same. Because each of his lives would be sufficient
to make a full-blooded biography of an outstanding
man.
In fact, the first life is the life of a nobleman, a czarist
officer who sided with the Revolution and became one of
the first Red navigators, first radio physicist and one of the
fathers of cybernetics.
A tragic event nearly killed him. But he was destined to
know a new fate, to become an admiral, an Academician,
a Deputy Minister of Defence, a Hero of Socialist Labour.
He was instrumental in developing Soviet radar science,
one of the wonders of the century.
A myocardial infarction, several years taken away by
diseases. But. . .
A third life begins. The 66-year-old Berg again puts up
a fight, a fight for cybernetics.
It was not without good reason that his friends jokingly
called the science cy-Berg-netics. A new life of the scientist.
True, on the surface of it this life had no major upheavals,
no exciting events — no battles and gales. If the earlier
years is a novel of action, then this life is a novel of
thought. It is a clash of ideas!
Some excerpts from his note-books:
“After the dust of centuries has settled down, we will be
remembered not only for our victories and defeats in warfare
or politics, but also for what we have accomplished for
the future spiritual development of man.”
“Nobody must be great or wise, but everybody must be
honest...”
“Admiration for outstanding people produces natural desire
to emulate them.”
It is in this hope that I begin my story.
