Paul Langevin: Scientist, Teacher, and Citizen

Authors:
  • Shcherbakov R.N.
p. 67-76
Keywords:
  • газовый разряд
  • пара- и диамагнетизм
  • теория относительности
  • дефект масс
  • Сольвеевский конгресс
  • техническая физика
  • методология образования
  • воспитание ученых
  • общественная деятельность
  • восприятие Советской России
Abstract:
The article reveals the miscellaneous talent of Paul Langevin (1872–1946) — an outstanding French physicist, public figure, author of the theory of diamagnetism, paramagnetism and other discoveries, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, honorary member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and foreign member of the Royal Society of London.