Publications of General Academic Series “Scientific-Biographical Literature” in 2015—2019

General academic series “Scientific-biographical literature” exists under the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the basis of the S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of RAS. Founded in 1959, it celebrated 60th anniversary in 2019. During this time, the series published about 700 original biographies of scientists, engineers and inventors, both Russian and foreign. In the period of 2015-2019, the series published four monographs representing the biographies of botanist A.N. Petunnikov (1842—1919) by G.I. Lubina, biologist N.N. Novikov (1876—1964) by T.I. Ulyankina, biochemist V.S. Gulevich (1867—1933) by T.V. Bogatova, and physicist Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932—2007) by A.A. Sonin. All these publications contain a large number of unique visual materials; this has already become a tradition for books in the series “Scientific-biographical literature”. They also have standard annex for the series, including list of the main dates of life and creative activity, reference lists of scientific works of book characters, and lists of literature about them. During the reviewed period, several manuscripts were approved for publication by the editorial Board of the series and included in the publishing plan of the Publishing house “Nauka”, but due to financial difficulties, they were not published in the series format. However, the prepared manuscripts have already been published in other publishing houses or are at the stage of editorial and publishing preparation. Among them there are biographies of French physicist, Nobel Prize winner Louis de Broglie (1892—1987) by A.F. Smyk; palaeontologist V.P. Amalitskiy (1860—1917) by V.I. Onoprienko; Honorary member of the USSR Academy of Science, palaeontologist M.V. Pavlova (1854—1938) by G.I. Lyubina and Z.A. Bessudnova; astronomer N.M. Subbotina (1877—1961) by O.A. Valkova. Currently, in 2020, no new publications are planned within the framework of the general academic series “Scientific-biographical literature”.

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1. Valkova O.A. Scientist’s Portrait against the Background of an Epoch, Vikhrevaya dinamika razvitiya nauki i tekhniki. Rossiya / SSSR. Pervaya polovina XX veka. T. II [The Vortex Dynamics of Science and Technology Development. Russia / Soviet Union. The First Half of the 20th Century. Volume II]. Moscow, IIET RAN Publ., Saratov, Amirit Publ., 2018, pp. 639—664 (in Russ.).

2. Valkova O.A. An Outstanding Phenomenon of Soviet Biographistics: To the 60th Anniversary of the General Academic Series “Scientific-Biographical Literature”, Institut istorii estestvoznaniya i tekhniki im. S.I. Vavilova. Godichnaya nauchnaya konferentsiya, 2019 [S.I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology. Annual Scientific Conference, 2019]. Saratov, Amirit Publ., 2019, pp. 35—41 (in Russ.).

3. Ilizarov S.S., Valkova O.A. To the Memory of Zinaida Kuzminichna Sokolovskaya (1927—2014), Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniya i tekhniki [Studies in the History of Science and Technology], 2015, no. 2, pp. 416—419 (in Russ.).

4. Sokolovskaya Z.K. A Series of the Russian Academy of Sciences — “Scientific-Biographical Literature”. 1959—1997, 550 knig ob uchenykh, inzhenerakh i izobretatelyakh: spravochnik-putevoditel’ po serii RAN “Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature”. 1951—1997 [550 Books about Scientists, Engineers and Inventors: A Reference Guide to the RAS Series “Scientific-Biographical Literature”. 1951—1997]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1999, pp. 13—42 (in Russ.).

5. Bykov G.V. Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov: ocherk zhizni i deyatel’nosti [Alexander Mikhailovich Butlerov: An Essay on his Life and Work]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1961, 218 p. (Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature [Scientific-Biographical Literature]).

6. Figurovsky N.A. Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1961, 315 p. (Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature [Scientific-Biographical Literature]) (in Russ.).

7. Solovyov Yu.I., Kurinnoi V.I. Yakob Bertselius: zhizn’ i deyatel’nost’ [Jacob Berzelius: His Life and Work]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1961, 175 p. (Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature [Scientific-Biographical Literature]).

8. Zubov V.P. Leonardo da Vinci. Moscow, Leningrad, Nauka Publ., 1961, 372 p. (Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature [Scientific-Biographical Literature]) (in Russ.).

9. Lyubina G.I. Aleksey Nikolayevich Petunnikov, 1842—1919. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 2015, 347 p. (Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature [Scientific-Biographical Literature]) (in Russ.).

10. Petunnikov A.N. Illyustrirovannoe rukovodstvo k opredeleniyu rastenii, dikorastushchikh i razvodimykh v predelakh Moskovskoi gubernii [Illustrated Guide to the Definition of Plants Growing Wild and Bred within the Moscow Governorate]. Moscow, N.I. Mamontov, 1890, 358 p. (Rastitel’nost’ Moskovskoi gubernii [Plants of the Moscow Governorate]).

11. Zaitseva E.A., Lyubina G.I. Grigory Nikolayevich Vyrubov, 1843—1913. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 2006, 334 p. (Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature [Scientific-Biographical Literature]) (in Russ.).

12. Ulyankina T.I. Mikhail Mikhailovich Novikov, 1876—1964. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 2015, 549 p. (Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature [Scientific-Biographical Literature]) (in Russ.).

13. Bogatova T.V. Vladimir Sergeyevich Gulevich. 1867—1933. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 2017, 171 p. (Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature [Scientific-Biographical Literature]) (in Russ.).

14. Bogatova T.V. Aleksandr Abramovich Voskresensky, 1808—1880. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 2011, 309 p. (Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature [Scientific-Biographical Literature]) (in Russ.).

15. Sonin A.A. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, 1932—2007. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 2019, 208 p. (Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature [Scientific-Biographical Literature]) (in Russ.).

16. Smyk A.F. Lui de Broil’ (1892—1987): odin iz pervootkryvatelei kvantovoi mekhaniki [Louis de Broglie (1892—1987): One of the Pioneers of Quantum Mechanics]. Moscow, LENAND Publ., 2016, 270 p. (Biografii vydayushchikhsya lichnostei [Biographies of Prominent Personalities]).

17. Polyakova N.B. (ed.) Nauka: Tematicheskii annotirovannyi plan izdatel’stva: 2018 [Nauka: Subject Annotated Plan of the Publishing House: 2018]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 2018, 73 p.

18. Onoprienko V.I. Vladimir Amalitskii. Permskie dinozavry Rossii [Vladimir Amalitsky. Permian Dinosaurs of Russia], LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing RU, 2017, 252 p.

19. Onoprienko V.I. Florenskie [The Florenskys]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 2000, 348 p. (Nauchno-biograficheskaya literature [Scientific-Biographical Literature]).

20. Lyubina G.I., Bessudnova Z.A. Mariya Vasil’evna Pavlova. 1854—1938: nauchnaya biografiya [Maria Vasilyevna Pavlova. 1854—1938: A Scientific Biography]. Moscow, YaNUS-K Publ., 2019, 563 p.