Mikhail Vladimirovich Wolkenstein
Mikhail Vladimirovich Wolkenstein ( Russian Михаил Владимирович Волькенштейн ., Scientific transliteration Mikhail Vladimirovič Vol'kenštejn ; born October 10 . Jul / 23. October 1912 greg. In St. Petersburg ; † 18th February 1992 in Moscow ) was a Russian biophysicist.
Life
He taught as a professor at Moscow's Lomonosov University and headed the Institute of Molecular Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences .
Publications
Scientific
Wolkenstein's scientific publications are in the field of quantum biophysics, the chemistry of biopolymers, the quantum mechanical model of enzyme catalysis (1970) and the Fermi resonance in the peptide bonds.
- MV Volkenshtein, RR Dogonadze, AK Madumarov, ZD Urushadze, Yu.I. Kharkats: Theory of Enzyme Catalysis. In: Moleculiarnaya Biologia. Moscow, 6, 1972, pp. 431-439 (in Russian with an abstract in English).
Popular science
As a teacher, Wolkenstein was particularly interested in the vivid presentation of his subject area in popular scientific publications.
- Mikhail V. Volkenstein: Entropy and Information. Progress in Mathematical Physics. Vol. 57, Birkhäuser, 2009, ISBN 978-3-0346-0077-4 .
- Michail W. Wolkenstein: Entropy and Information. 1986, ISBN 3-8171-1100-2 and ISBN 3-05-500628-3 (This translation into German was withdrawn from the market due to copyright disputes between two Russian publishers. However, it can be found in many libraries.)
- Mikhail V. Volkenstein: Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution. 1994, ISBN 3-540-57652-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Michail Wladimirowitsch Wolkenstein in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolkenstein, Mikhail Vladimirovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Волькенштейн, Михаил Владимирович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian biophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1992 |
| Place of death | Moscow |