The life and fate of Bruno Pontecorvo. Reflection on the books of Boris Bulyubash and Mikhail Sapozhnikov
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Skazochkin A.V. The life and fate of Bruno Pontecorvo. Reflection on the books of Boris Bulyubash and Mikhail Sapozhnikov. Science Management: Theory and Practice. 2022. Vol. 4. No. 3. P. 251-262. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/smtp.2022.4.3.18 (in Russ.).
Abstract
The article presents a description of the content and possible significance for the history of science of the books by Boris Bulyubash and Mikhail Sapozhnikov about the outstanding Italian and Soviet physicist Bruno Pontecorvo. The “spy version” and “political version” of the transition of the scientist to the USSR are presented in detail, as well as the possible reasons for the transition associated with the socio-political situation of the 50s of the 20th century are described. The necessity to take into account the internal vector of beliefs, views and worldview of a scientist when explaining his actions is emphasized. Facts are given demonstrating that the “ideal” dominated in the worldview of Bruno Pontecorvo, which makes it possible toexplain many events in his life. It is noted that both books summarize a significant amount of information about Bruno, as well as the high quality of the description of many physical experiments in which Pontecorvo took part, the accessibility for understanding the essence when presenting complex issues of elementary particle physics and high energy physics.
Keywords:
Bruno Pontecorvo, elementary particle physics, experiments, ideas, neutrinos, source of radiation, worldview of a scientist, Nobel Prize
References
1. Bulyubash, B. V. (2019). Mister «neitrino»: stranitsy biografii akademika Pontekorvo [Mr. “neutrino”: pages of the biography of Academician Pontecorvo]. Moscow: Novyi khronograf publ. 320 P. (In Russ.).
2. Sapozhnikov, M. G. (2021). Zhizn’ i idei Bruno Pontekorvo [The life and ideas of Bruno Pontecorvo]. Moscow: Eksmo publ. 328 P. (In Russ.).
3. Close, F. (2015). Half-Life: The Divided Life of Bruno Pontecorvo, Physicist or Spy. New York: Basic Books. 378 p.
4. Turchetti, S. (2012). The Pontecorvo Affair: a cold war defection and nuclear physics. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. 292 p.
5. Gigolaev, G. E. (2018). The USSR and Italian Left in the 1950s: Problems of Perception. Dialogue with time. No. 64. P. 235–247. (In Russ.).
6. Sudoplatov, P. A. (1998). Spetsoperatsii. Lubyanka i Kreml’ 1930–1950 gg. [Special operations. Lubyanka and the Kremlin 1930-1950]. Moscow: OLMA-PRESS publ. 688 P. (In Russ.).
7. Gershtein, S. S. (2013). Nobelevskie premii, kotorye ne poluchil Pontekorvo [The Nobel Prizes that Pontecorvo did not receive]. Priroda. No. 11. P. 76–85. (In Russ.).
2. Sapozhnikov, M. G. (2021). Zhizn’ i idei Bruno Pontekorvo [The life and ideas of Bruno Pontecorvo]. Moscow: Eksmo publ. 328 P. (In Russ.).
3. Close, F. (2015). Half-Life: The Divided Life of Bruno Pontecorvo, Physicist or Spy. New York: Basic Books. 378 p.
4. Turchetti, S. (2012). The Pontecorvo Affair: a cold war defection and nuclear physics. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. 292 p.
5. Gigolaev, G. E. (2018). The USSR and Italian Left in the 1950s: Problems of Perception. Dialogue with time. No. 64. P. 235–247. (In Russ.).
6. Sudoplatov, P. A. (1998). Spetsoperatsii. Lubyanka i Kreml’ 1930–1950 gg. [Special operations. Lubyanka and the Kremlin 1930-1950]. Moscow: OLMA-PRESS publ. 688 P. (In Russ.).
7. Gershtein, S. S. (2013). Nobelevskie premii, kotorye ne poluchil Pontekorvo [The Nobel Prizes that Pontecorvo did not receive]. Priroda. No. 11. P. 76–85. (In Russ.).
Article
Received: 18.08.2022
Accepted: 26.09.2022
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Skazochkin, A. V. (2022). The life and fate of Bruno Pontecorvo. Reflection on the books of Boris Bulyubash and Mikhail Sapozhnikov. Science Management: Theory and Practice, 4(3), 251-262. https://doi.org/10.19181/smtp.2022.4.3.18
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