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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Dmitri Ivanenko and Lev Landau - two archival photos




Dmitri Ivanenko and Lev Landau - two soviet genius-physicists.






D. Ivanenko and L. Landau (1927)





D. Ivanenko, L. Landau and Jennie Kannegisser (in future lady Peierls)




Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Who is who among universities in 2013


New world ranking of universities "QS Top University Ranking 2013/2014" has been published. It contains 800 universities.

The top ten positions are occupied by 6 universities of USA and 4 of United Kingdom.

In the top twenty: 11 - USA, 6 - United Kingdom, 2 – Switzerland, 1 -  Canada.

In the first 50 Universities: 19 – USA; 8 - United Kingdom; 5 - China (including 3 of Hong-Kong ); 4 - Australia; 3 – Canada;  2 – Switzerland, France, Japan and Singapore; 1 – Germany, Netherlands  and Korea.

See # for the ranking of Russian universities.