Nikolay Pushkov
{{Infobox person
| name = Nikolay Pushkov
| birth_name = Nikolay Vasilyevich Pushkov
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|05|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Druzhno village, Dmitrovsky Uyezd, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|01|28|1903|05|17|df=y}}
| death_place = Troitsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| nationality = Soviet
}}
Nikolay Vasilyevich Pushkov ({{langx|ru|Никола́й Васи́льевич Пушко́в}}; 17 May 1903 – 28 January 1981) was a Soviet geophysicist and founder of IZMIRAN.
He defended candidate's (Ph.D.) dissertation "Theory of Space Magnetism" in 1935 in Leningrad. [http://www.izmiran.ru/info/personalia/npushkov/original1.html]
Scientific works
- Theory of Space Magnetism (Thesis), 1934, 1935
- Upper layers of Earth Atmosphere and Earth Magnetism, published in Proc. of the Stratospheric Conference, 1935
- Newest Theories in Earth Magnetism, published in Meteorogical Bulletin, 1935
- Message on some works about Earth Magnetism and electricity in USSR for the 1931-1935 period, published in the Informational Digest over Earth Magnetism, 1936
- Statistical study of unexpected onset of magnetic storms, published in the Inf. Dig. over Earth Magn., 1936
- Comparison of magnetic activity with polar lights activity in Tihaya Bay [http://bse.sci-lib.com/particle010183.html], published in the Inf. Dig. over Earth Magn., 1937
- Radioforecasts User Manual (Руководство к пользованию радиопрогнозами), separate book, 1947
- Polar lights, published in the Issues of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1958
- Observations of polar lights (instruction), published in the Issues of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1957
- Studying Earth magnetic field on rockets and satellites, [http://www.ufn.ru/en/ Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk], 1957
- Preliminary report on geomagnetic studying on a Soviet artificial satellite, published in the Artificial Earth Satellites Digest ed. 2, 1958
- Results of Earth magnetic field studying on a space rockets, published in the Reports of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1959
- Magnetic field studying on a second space rocket, published in the Artificial Earth Satellites Digest, 1960
- Magnetic field of the outer corpuscular region, published in the Proc. of the International conference on cosmic rays, 1960
- Assembly on International Quiet Sun Year, published in the Bulletin of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1963
- Studying of the magnetic field in space, published in Space Research, 1963
- When the Sun is Quiet?, published in Aviation and Cosmonautics, 1965
- Attention! Sun is Quiet, published in Hydrometeoizdat, 1966 and by Mir Publishing House, 1968
- Main results of upper layers studying in Antarctic, published in the Main results of 10-year study of Antarctic, 1967.
- Resume of International Quiet Sun Year (London Assembly), published in the Bulletin of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1967
- Sun influence on the Earth scene, published in the Bulletin of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1968
- Studying of the magnetic fields of Earth and planets, published in the Progress of the USSR in the space explorations, 1968
- Leningrad symposium on Sun-Earth physics, published in the Earth and Universe, 1971
- Sun-Earth connections, published in the Geophysics Digest, 1971
- Source: [http://www.izmiran.ru/info/personalia/npushkov/lit_official/lit_official.html] Typewriter IZMIRAN library cards on Pushkov's works (in Russian)
External links
- {{cite journal |title=Making Waves: Stories from My Life: Yakov Alpert |author=Norman J. Zabusky |journal=Physics Today |volume=54 |issue=7 |pages=56 |year=2001 |doi=10.1063/1.1397397|doi-access=free }} (book review)
- {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.izmiran.ru/info/personalia/npushkov/ Memorial centennial site of Nikolay Pushkov] at IZMIRAN website
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Category:People from Dmitrovsky Uyezd (Oryol Governorate)
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