About Nikolay Pushkov
Lived 1903 – 1981 (aged 77). Nikolay Pushkov was a Russian physicist and geophysicist.
Nikolay Vasilyevich Pushkov (; 17 May 1903 – 28 January 1981) was a Soviet geophysicist and founder of IZMIRAN.
He defended candidate's (Ph.D.) dissertation "Theory of Space Magnetism" in 1935 in Leningrad.
Scientific works Theory of Space Magnetism (Thesis), 1934, 1935 Upper layers of Earth Atmosphere and Earth Magnetism, published in Proc. of the Stratospheric Conference, 1935 Newest Theories in Earth Magnetism, published in Meteorogical Bulletin, 1935 Message on some works about Earth Magnetism and electricity in USSR for the 1931-1935 period, published in the Informational Digest over Earth Magnetism, 1936 Statistical study of unexpected onset of magnetic storms, published in the Inf. Dig. over Earth Magn., 1936 Comparison of magnetic activity with polar lights activity in Tihaya Bay , published in the Inf. Dig. over Earth Magn., 1937 Radioforecasts User Manual (Руководство к пользованию радиопрогнозами), separate book, 1947 Polar lights, published in the Issues of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1958 Observations of polar lights (instruction), published in the Issues of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1957 Studying Earth magnetic field on rockets and satellites, Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk, 1957 Preliminary report on geomagnetic studying on a Soviet artificial satellite, published in the Artificial Earth Satellites Digest ed. 2, 1958 Results of Earth magnetic field studying on a space rockets, published in the Reports of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1959 Magnetic field studying on a second space rocket, published in the Artificial Earth Satellites Digest, 1960 Magnetic field of the outer corpuscular region, published in the Proc. of the International conference on cosmic rays, 1960 Assembly on International Quiet Sun Year, published in the Bulletin of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1963 Studying of the magnetic field in space, published in Space Research, 1963 When the Sun is Quiet?, published in Aviation and Cosmonautics, 1965 Attention! Sun is Quiet, published in Hydrometeoizdat, 1966 and by Mir Publishing House, 1968 Main results of upper layers studying in Antarctic, published in the Main results of 10-year study of Antarctic, 1967. Resume of International Quiet Sun Year (London Assembly), published in the Bulletin of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1967 Sun influence on the Earth scene, published in the Bulletin of Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1968 Studying of the magnetic fields of Earth and planets, published in the Progress of the USSR in the space explorations, 1968 Leningrad symposium on Sun-Earth physics, published in the Earth and Universe, 1971 Sun-Earth connections, published in the Geophysics Digest, 1971
Source: Typewriter IZMIRAN library cards on Pushkov's works (in Russian)
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Nikolay Pushkov was born on 17 May 1903 in Russian Empire.
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