«FAUST CURVE WITHOUT MEPHISTOPHELES IMPURITIES»

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[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT Being a man of encyclopedic knowledge, a brilliant theoretician and experimenter, academician Sergey Vavilov has received international recognition for his work in the field of luminescence («cold light»), physical optics, became a founder of a branch of science, called microoptics. In the arsenal of his developments there are rangefinders and stereo telescopes, means of aerial photography and optical control, masking of warships and lighting of submarines, he headed for many years at the same time State Optical Institute and Physical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The last six years of life he headed the USSR Academy of Sciences, played a huge role in post-war reform of Soviet science. The article is devoted to the 125th anniversary of the birth of the scientist, organizer and popularizer of science and public figure. Keywords: physics, optics, Sergey Vavilov, luminescence, science, history, academy. REFERENCES 1. Sergey Vavilov. Essays and Memoirs [Sergej Ivanovich Vavilov. Ocherki i vospominanija]. Ed. by I. M. Frank. Moscow, Nauka publ., 1979, 245 p. 2. Keler, V. R. Sergey Vavilov. 2nd ed. Moscow, Molodaya Gvardiya publ., 1975, 320 p. 3. Levshin, L. V. S. I. Vavilov. Moscow, Publishing House of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1952, 252 p. 4. In memory of Sergey Vavilov. Collection of articles [Pamjati Sergeja Ivanovicha Vavilova. Sbornik statej]. Moscow, Publishing House of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1952, 252 p. 5. Nesmeyanov, A. N. S. I. Vavilov - an outstanding scientist and organizer of science [S. I. Vavilov - vydajushhijsja uchenyj i organizator nauki]. Uspehi fizicheskih nauk, 1961, Vol. 75, Iss. 2, pp. 205-213. 6. Election of academician S. I. Vavilov as president of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR [Izbranie akademika S. I. Vavilova na post prezidenta Akademii nauk SSSR]. Vestnik AN SSSR, 1945, Iss. 7-8, pp. 22-26. 7. Vavilov, S. I. Our plans, our prospects [Nashi plany, nashi perspektivy]. Vestnik AN SSSR, 1946, Iss. 3, pp. 9-11. 8. Vavilov, S. I. Petr Lebedev. People of Russian Science: Essays on prominent figures of science and technology. Vol. 1, Moscow-Leningrad, 1948, pp. 241-249. 9. Vavilov, S. I. Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765). People of Russian Science: Essays on prominent figures of science and technology. Vol. 1, Moscow-Leningrad, 1948, pp. 63-82. 10. Vavilov, S. I. In memory of academician P. P. Lazarev [Pamjati akademika P. P. Lazareva]. Vestnik AN SSSR, 1942, Iss. № 7-8, pp. 97-102. 11. Vavilov, S. I. Galileo in the history of optics [Galilej v istorii optiki]. Galileo Galilei. 1564-1642: The collection, dedicated to the 300 th anniversary of the death of Galileo. Moscow-Leningrad, 1943, pp. 5-56. 12. Veselovsky, O. N., Shneiberg, Ya. A. Essays on the history of electrical engineering [Ocherki po istorii elektrotehniki]. Moscow, Izd-vo MEI, 1993, 252 p.