On the Waves of a Pulsating World : An Engineer's Adventures in Innovation, Education and Politics: From Russia to the West (Springer Biographies) （2019）

Babitsky, Vladimir/ Gruzenberg, Alex (TRN)

Springer Nature Switzerland AG（2019/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 160 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783030308483
• DDC分類 507.1

Full Description

Vladimir Babitsky was born before the Second World War and migrated West after Perestroika. The theory of vibro-impact systems that he developed helped create the world's safest jackhammer and other record-breaking machines. The author has lived through a series of fascinating epochs: experiencing life under totalitarianism, witnessing the Soviet Union's collapse, and then migrating to Europe as a specialist in his field. "On the Waves of a Pulsating World" is an animated and highly engaging story about the journey of an engineer; from childhood daydreams to creating new technologies, from East to West, and from concepts to realities. It is also the story of people who outshine authoritarianism.

Contents

Vladimir and his Memoirs—a translator's note.- It's a Long Way to Tipperary.- The Documents that Did Not Burn.- A  Kinship with Pushkin.- Teachers in Bravery.- The Waiting Hall.- Adventures at the Edge of Civilisation.- Football and Mechanics.- An Engineer's Engineer.- A Series of Secret Doors.- Chronicles of MARS during Perestroika.- A Breath of Free Air.- See the Promised Land and Die.- The Conscience of a Nation.- The Eighth Liberal Art.- Dynamics Should Be Sexy.- A Lesson in Democracy.- The Constant Muse.- A Genius of Faultless Beauty.- I Want to Tell You about the Ones Who Overcame.