Matvei Petrovich Bronstein and Soviet Theoretical Physics in the Thirties

From the reviews:

“This book … is concerned with a pioneer period of Soviet physics in the thirties. … This is especially interesting for physicists, who had the chance to become acquaint with some of the protagonists of the book and their scholars. Above all, reading this book one is strongly impressed by Bronstein’s scientific activities, who as a young man did not hesitate successfully to turn to fundamental problems of physics ranging from nuclear physics over quantum gravity and astrophysics to cosmology … .” (Horst-Heino von Borzeszkowski, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1230, 2012)