Matvei Petrovich Bronstein and Soviet theoretical physics in the thirties. Transl. from the Russian by Valentina M. Levina (Q5906693)

This biography was originally published in Russian in 1990. The theoretical physicist M. P. Bronstein (1906-1938) is mostly known for his work on the quantum theory of gravitation. His career ended abruptly when he was arrested by the NKVD in August 1937. As a victim of the political purges under Stalin, he was sentenced to death for ``anti-Soviet activity'' and executed in February 1938. The book includes much information about theoretical physics and the relation between science and society in the Soviet Union during the thirties.