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Yakov Isidorovich Perelman was a Russian and Soviet science writer and author of many popular science books, including Physics Can Be Fun and Mathematics Can Be Fun.
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science · Russian science writer (1882–1942) · writer · journalist · mathematician · science communicator · physicist · naturalist · also Yakov Perelman, Yakov Isidorovich Perelman, IAkov Isidorovich Perel'man, I︠A︡kov Isidorovich Perelʹman, Perelman
Born 22 November 1882 · Died 16 March 1942 · Q559531
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The main objective of Physics for Entertainment is to arouse the activity of scientific imagination, to teach the reader to think in the spirit of the science of physics and to create in his mind a wide variety of associations of physical knowledge with the widely differing facts of life, with all that he normally comes into contact with.
“The main objective of Physics for Entertainment is to arouse the activity of scientific imagination, to teach the reader to think in the spirit of the science of physics and to create in his mind a wide variety of associations of physical knowledge with the widely differing facts of life, with all that he normally comes into contact with.”
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Published “More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis” in Scientific Reports — cited 1,856 times.
Published “Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds” in Science — cited 1,760 times.
Published “A finite‐volume, incompressible Navier Stokes model for studies of the ocean on parallel computers” in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans — cited 2,137 times.
Published “Single Molecule Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)” in Physical Review Letters — cited 6,238 times.
To a different Yakov Perelman
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Died 1942-03-16.
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Russian bookshops began carrying Physics for Entertainment
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Studied at Imperial Forestry Institute (1908).
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Born 1882-11-22.
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In the town of Białystok, Russian Empire
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