Research ArticleOpen AccessGoogle Scholar indexed
Russian Science Prior to the Russian Revolution
Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 1 Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Advances in Historical Studies·Volume 07 (2018)·Pages 113–134·Published 9 August 2018·DOI10.4236/ahs.2018.73008
Copy link · social · email
Abstract
This paper is an attempt to present and discuss the scientific context prior to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 191 7. Some general aspects of the scientific milieus of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are described, including the period of Peter the Great, the foundation of the Academy of Science, and the influence of great figures of science, both Russian and foreign. In the eighteenth century , Euler (1707-1783) and Lomonosov (1711-1765) were chosen as symbolic and representative figures, while in the nineteenth century , Lobachevski (1792-1856), Chebyshev (1821-1894), Mendeleev (1834-1907) , and Pavlov (1849-1936) were looked.
KeywordsHistory of Russian ScienceHistory of Russian RevolutionGreat Figures of ScienceHistory of Russian Education
- Anderson, M. S. (1978). Peter the Great. New York: Routledge.
- Bernoulli, D. (1738). Hydrodynamics. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
- Brooke, C. (2006). Moscow a Cultural History. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Carr, E. H. (1979). The Russian Revolution from Lenin to Stalin 1917-1929. London, England: The MacMillan Press Ltd.
- Chakravanti, R. N. et al. (1987). Soviet Union: Land and People. Northern Book Centre.
- Dictionary of Scientific Biographies. (2007). Brazilian Edition (Contraponto) (Vol. 1, pp. 751-768). Brazil: Contraponto.
- Dictionary of Scientific Biographies. (2007). Brazilian Edition (Contraponto) (Vol. 2, pp. 1725-1732). Brazil.
- Dictionary of Scientific Biographies. (2007). Brazilian Edition (Contraponto) (Vol. 1, pp. 459-469). Brazil.
- Dictionary of Scientific Biographies. (2007). Brazilian Edition (Contraponto) (Vol. 3, pp. 1901-1910). Brazil.
- Dictionary of Scientific Biographies. (2007). Brazilian Edition (Contraponto) (Vol. 3, pp. 2194-2198). Brazil.
- Graham, L. R. (1993). Science in Russia and the Soviet Union. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Graham, L., & Dezhine, I. (2008). Science in the New Russia: Crisis, Aid, Reform. USA: Indiana university Press.
- James, I. (2002). Remarkable Mathematicians: From Euler to von Neumann. Oxford, England: Cambridge University Press.
- Karp, A., & Vogeli, B. R. (2010). Russian Mathematical Education. History and World Significance, Series on Mathematical Education (Vol. 4). Covent Garden: World Scientific Publishing Co., Pte., Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814277068_0009
- Kirchner, W. (1982). Siemens and AEG and the Electrification of Russia, 1890-1914, Seiner.
- Koblitz, A. H. (2013). Science, Women and Revolution in Russia. London and New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
- Lieven, D. (2006). The Cambridge History of Russia, Vol. II: Imperial Russia, 1689-1917. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Montefiore, S. S. (2005). The Court of the Red Tsar. St. Paul: Schwarcz Editors.
- Oliveira, A. R. E. (2007). Euler’s Contribution to Classical Mechanics. In 12th IFToMM World Congress. Besancon, France.