The Making of a Soviet Scientist by R Z Sagdeev
From 1973 to 1990, Roald Sagdeev, as head of the Soviet Space Research Institute, struggled to make scientific progress against formidable odds. This autobiography provides an insider's view of the Soviet military and chronicles the politics underlying the Soviet Union's space programme.
ROALD Z. SAGDEEV is Distinguished Professor of Physics and director of the East--West Center for Space Science at the University of Maryland. As director of the Space Research Institute, the eminent physicist led the joint U.S.--Soviet Apollo--Soyuz mission and the international mission to Halley's comet. In addition to his scientific career, Dr. Sagdeev played a major political role during the first five years of perestroika, serving as an advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev at the Geneva, Washington, and Moscow summits.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780471129295 |
| ISBN 10 | 0471129291 |
| Title | The Making of a Soviet Scientist |
| Author | R Z Sagdeev |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 1995-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 339 |
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