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Jul 25, 2018 · Andrei Sakharov, pictured in 1977, was transformed from the Soviet Union’s most brilliant young nuclear physicist to one of the world’s best-qualified crusaders against nuclear...
Apr 14, 2005 · The World of Andrei Sakharov: A Russian Physicist's Path to Freedom 1st Edition. by Gennady Gorelik (Author), Antonina W. Bouis (Author)
- Gennady Gorelik, Antonina W. Bouis
The Russian physicist Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (1921-1989), who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975, first came to prominence as the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb. Concerned at the implications his work had for the future of humankind, he sought to raise awareness of the dangers of the nuclear arms race.
