Engineer of revolutionary Russia : Iurii V. Lomonosov (1876 - 1952) and the railways

Engineer of revolutionary Russia Iurii V. Lomonosov (1876 - 1952) and the railways

The making of a Russian engineer -- Childhood -- An exclusive education -- First steps in railway engineering -- The science of locomotive testing -- "Scientific road experiments" -- Towards a professorship -- Engineering professor -- The battle for curricular reform -- Research : vision a...

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1. Verfasser: Heywood, Anthony J. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Farnham u.a. Ashgate 2011
Schriftenreihe:Science, technology and culture, 1700 - 1945
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Lomonosov, I︠U︡ > Political and social views > Railroad engineers > Railroads > History > Engineering > Science > Technology > Transportation > Russia > Soviet Union > Ingenieur > Russland > Sowjetunion > Eisenbahn
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Zusammenfassung:The making of a Russian engineer -- Childhood -- An exclusive education -- First steps in railway engineering -- The science of locomotive testing -- "Scientific road experiments" -- Towards a professorship -- Engineering professor -- The battle for curricular reform -- Research : vision and realities -- The values of consulting -- The Russian Revolution of 1905 -- Liberalism and socialism -- Socialism, terrorism, and the future -- Applications of science on the Russian railways, 1908-1914 -- Management -- Research -- War and revolution, 1914-1917 -- Russia's railways at war -- The February Revolution -- America and the Bolshevik Revolution -- America -- Reactions to the October Revolution -- Across the Rubicon to Soviet Russia -- Building the new Russia -- A return to power? -- Soviet trade plenipotentiary -- The diesel revolution -- Russia and the technical challenges of dieselization -- Lomonosov and Soviet diesel traction -- Defeat -- "A free Soviet citizen abroad" -- A "non-returner"? -- Employment and domicile, 1927-1937 -- Retirement and remembrance.
The making of a Russian engineer -- Childhood -- An exclusive education -- First steps in railway engineering -- The science of locomotive testing -- "Scientific road experiments" -- Towards a professorship -- Engineering professor -- The battle for curricular reform -- Research : vision and realities -- The values of consulting -- The Russian Revolution of 1905 -- Liberalism and socialism -- Socialism, terrorism, and the future -- Applications of science on the Russian railways, 1908-1914 -- Management -- Research -- War and revolution, 1914-1917 -- Russia's railways at war -- The February Revolution -- America and the Bolshevik Revolution -- America -- Reactions to the October Revolution -- Across the Rubicon to Soviet Russia -- Building the new Russia -- A return to power? -- Soviet trade plenipotentiary -- The diesel revolution -- Russia and the technical challenges of dieselization -- Lomonosov and Soviet diesel traction -- Defeat -- "A free Soviet citizen abroad" -- A "non-returner"? -- Employment and domicile, 1927-1937 -- Retirement and remembrance
Beschreibung:Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XXVI, 400 S., [12] Bl.
Ill., Kt.
24 cm
ISBN:9780754655398
978-0-7546-5539-8
0754655393
0-7546-5539-3
9781409412342
978-1-4094-1234-2