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'''Sergei Kapitsa''' is a Russian physisist and demographer. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running Russian Television science magazine. Son of [[Pyotr Kapitsa]]. |
'''Sergei Kapitsa''' is a Russian physisist and demographer. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running Russian Television science magazine. Son of [[Pyotr Kapitsa]]. |
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Graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1949. Senior Research Fellow of the [[ |
Graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1949. Senior Research Fellow of the [[Lebedev Physical Institute]], [[Russian Academy of Sciences]]. Professor of the [[Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology]]. |
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He has made substantial contributions both to Physics and Historical Demography (where he developed a number of mathematical models of the [[World-system theory|World System]] population [[hyperbolic growth]] and the global [[demographic transition]]). |
He has made substantial contributions both to Physics and Historical Demography (where he developed a number of mathematical models of the [[World-system theory|World System]] population [[hyperbolic growth]] and the global [[demographic transition]]). |
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Sergei Kapitsa (Template:Lang-ru) | |
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| Born | February 14, 1928 |
| Citizenship | Russia  |
| Alma mater | Moscow Aviation Institute |
| Known for | TV science magazine host since 1973 |
| Awards | UNSESCO's Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science, 1979 and USSR State Prize, 1980 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | physics, demography |
| Institutions | Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems, RAS and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
Sergei Kapitsa is a Russian physisist and demographer. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running Russian Television science magazine. Son of Pyotr Kapitsa.
Graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1949. Senior Research Fellow of the Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. Professor of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
He has made substantial contributions both to Physics and Historical Demography (where he developed a number of mathematical models of the World System population hyperbolic growth and the global demographic transition).