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The leading researcher of the Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems G. A. Chelkov has shared his memories about Aleksei Alekseevich Tyapkin. Today, it is the 95th birthday of A. A. Tyapkin. We go on commemorating him along with his colleagues and family.
26.12.2021
Academician Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian has shared his memories about Aleksei Alekseevich Tyapkin. — In 1953, after my third year at MEPhI, I was sent to the Hydroengineering Laboratory, a secret physics laboratory in Dubna, to get some work experience. I was trained at the Sector of Mikhail Silych Kozodaev, in the group of Aleksei Alekseevich Tyapkin. He was my supervisor. Since that time and till his last days, we were in such relations – he is my supervisor, I am his student (laughing).
25.12.2021
Today, it is the 95th birthday of Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Aleksei Alekseevich Tyapkin. He, a renowned scientist, sportsman, and public figure, was also a talented narrator. Twenty-five years ago, a while before his 70th birthday, his memories “My Way to Physics”, where he recollects the events which influenced him and brought him into science, were published in the weekly newspaper “Dubna: Science, Community, Progress”. This is what he wrote at that time: “On the eve of my 70th birthday, I decided to share memories with readers of the weekly newspaper “Dubna” about remote events of my youth which influenced the course of my life and pushed me into the most intriguing research area. Of course, the narration is full of personal experience, but I believe it will be the point that will arouse readers’ interest. Moreover, some of the revelations make sense only in the author’s narration. I’ll try to highlight those rare cases where I was forced to make decisions on my own which later predestined my life.”
17.10.2021
Twenty years ago, the building of Dubna’s legendary café “Neutrino” near the railway station “Dubna” was demolished. The cafe experienced its greatest days in the far-away 1970s, but its fame was so great that it is still echoing. Even local youth and tourists can still ask, “What about that thing, the “Neutrino” café?“ Not to mention the old-timers’ nostalgia for it...
15.09.2021
Today, it is the 95th birthday of a renowned scientist, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (ASU), Sergey Mikhailovich Polikanov. In 1950, after graduating from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, S. M. Polikanov started his career at the Institute of Atomic Energy where he worked under the guidance of G. M. Flerov. Since 1957, the scientist continued working with G. M. Flerov at the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.
22.08.2021
Exactly 30 years ago, on 26 August 1991, an Order on departization and depoliticization was issued at JINR according to which any activities of party or political organizations at our Institute were prohibited. Georgy Alexandrovich Chelkov reminded us of it.
06.08.2021
Bruno Maksimovich Pontecorvo was an avid cyclist and knew how to ride a bike both with no hands and sitting hind-foremost. It is how he was pictured on the caricature by Mikhail Bilenky, the son of a close friend of Bruno Pontecorvo, Samoil Mihelevich Bilenky. This friendly caricature, as well as bronze statues near the Culture Centre “Mir”, depicts the academician with a “Kama” bicycle. And in the photograph from the archive of the Museum-Study of the scientist, Bruno Maksimovich is standing near the bicycle which resembles the “Lastochka” model.
02.07.2021
Summer, the Volga and a motor ship are Dubna’s evergreens. Attendees of the 1963 International Conference on High-Energy Accelerators are having a good time onboard. The “Sviyaga” motor ship. Early in August. Bruno Pontecorvo with his wife Marianna and conference colleagues are in the photograph.
21.05.2021
Here is a nice photograph we have found in the DLNP archives. The entrance checkpoint and the building of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics (LTF) are featured in it. Considering the clothing style and cars, the photograph may have been taken in the early 1960s. The main point of attraction is the balcony of the LTF cafeteria which was the centre of social life and professional discussions of JINR employees. Later, the balcony was glazed.
11.05.2021
It’s spring. Dubna is young, and so is Bruno Pontecorvo. Do you know the street?
30.04.2021
One of the most remarkable exhibits at the Museum-Study of Bruno Pontecorvo is plastic Pinocchios wearing aprons and sitting on the tree-like stand. They always get in the focus of visitors’ interest: Why are there such light-minded toys in the study of a scientist? Why Pinocchios? Why in a tree? And who sewed the aprons?
23.04.2021
The column “The 20th century. Everyday life of a researcher” aroused genuine interest in our readers. We decided to keep on introducing you to unique historical photographs and archival documents of our Laboratory in our new “Chronograph” column.