Yuri Nikolaevich Smirnov
| Yuri Nikolaevich Smirnov | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 19, 1937 |
| June 29, 2011 (aged 74)June 29, 2011 (aged 74) | |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Soviet Union, Russia |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Yuri Nikolaevich Smirnov (19 May 1937 – 29 June 2011) was a Soviet and Russian nuclear physicist.
Biography
From 1960 to 1963, Smirnov was a staff member of the theoretical sector at Arzamas-16 (now Sarov), which was headed by Andrei Sakharov and tasked with the development of thermonuclear weapons. He was one of the developers of the Tsar Bomba and directly participated in the Soviet program for the peaceful use of underground nuclear explosions. Later, he served as a leading research fellow at the Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute". He also authored several notable publications on the history of the Soviet atomic project.[1]
Selected bibliography
Books
- Khariton, Y. B.; Smirnov, Y. N. (1994). Mify i realnost sovetskogo atomnogo proekta [Myths and Reality of the Soviet Atomic Project] (in русский). Arzamas-16: VNIIEF. p. 72. Search this book on
Articles
- Smirnov, Y. N. (2003). "I. V. Kurchatov i vlast" [I. V. Kurchatov and Power]. Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniya i Tekhniki (in русский) (1).
- Adamsky, V. B.; Smirnov, Y. N. (1995). "50-megatonny vzryv nad Novoy Zemley" [50-Megaton Explosion over Novaya Zemlya]. Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniya i Tekhniki (in русский) (3).
- Adamsky, V. B.; Smirnov, Y. N.; Khariton, Y. B. (1996). "O sozdanii sovetskoy vodorodnoy (termoyadernoy) bomby" [On the Creation of the Soviet Hydrogen (Thermonuclear) Bomb]. Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk (in русский). 166: 201–205. doi:10.3367/UFNr.0166.199602f.0201.
- Adamsky, V. B.; Smirnov, Y. N. (1997). "Eshche raz o sozdanii sovetskoy vodorodnoy bomby" [Once More on the Creation of the Soviet Hydrogen Bomb]. Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk (in русский). 167: 899–902. doi:10.3367/UFNr.0167.199708i.0899.
References
- ↑ "Царь-бомба (Большой Иван) — испытания термоядерной авиабомбы мощностью 50 мегатон на полигоне Новая Земля" (in русский). Archived from the original on 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2009-08-26. Unknown parameter
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