The Mirror of Science

Research Article
  • Valery D. Ermikov Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia ermikov@igm.nsc.ru
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  • Nikolay P. Pokhilenko Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia chief@igm.nsc.ru
    Elibrary Author_id 59032
How to Cite
Ermikov V.D., Pokhilenko N.P. The Mirror of Science. Science Management: Theory and Practice. 2022. Vol. 4. No. 4. P. 184-203. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19181/smtp.2022.4.4.11 (in Russ.).

Abstract

Turn to the life and work of outstanding scientists and citizens of our country – academicians P. L. Kapitsa, V. A. Koptyug, N. L. Dobretsov – allows the authors of the article to identify the prominent role of the leaders of national science against the backdrop of crises, including era of fundamental changes in the country and society. What ideas regarding the organization of scientific research were put forward by them and were implemented, what is the role of the state in the life of the scientific community? The authors of the article reflect on this and other issues of national science, relying on the creative heritage of its leaders.
Keywords:
obligations of the state and scientists, Peter’s testaments, paradoxes of Soviet science, scientific schools of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR – RAS, the destruction of “Carthage”, P. L. Kapitsa’s letter to Stalin, trust in scientists, underestimation of the role of science – the vegetation of the state, the mirror of science

Author Biographies

Valery D. Ermikov, Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Senior researcher, consultant specialist in support of innovative projects
Nikolay P. Pokhilenko, Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Article

Received: 01.09.2022

Accepted: 26.12.2022

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Ermikov, V. D., & Pokhilenko, N. P. (2022). The Mirror of Science. Science Management: Theory and Practice, 4(4), 184-203. https://doi.org/10.19181/smtp.2022.4.4.11