Scientists in Russian Literature

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear Muireann,

You might wish to consider two books that feature alchemistry and alchemists:
Valery Briusov's novel "Ognennyj angel", 1908; and Aleksandr  
Chayanov's tale "Neobychainye prikliucheniia grafa Buturlina", 1924.
Tynianov's short novel "Voskovaia persona" (1930)contains several  
references to the Kunstkamera museum  established by Peter the Great.
You may wish to compare some of Chekhov's characters to Aleksandr  
Hertzen's character Doktor Krupov: "Doktor Krupov", 1846.
Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya published an interesting book  
about her life: Vospominaniia (1893).
Boris Zhitkov's story  "Mikroruki (Fantasticheskii ocherk")" published  
in 1931 describes some inventions that anticipated the new branch of  
science known today as nanotechnology.

All best,
Alexandra


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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Reader in Russian
Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JX
UK

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e-mail: Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk



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