Oral history interview with Evgeny Velikhov, 2000

Biographical Note

Nuclear Scientist

Scope and Contents

Family history; childhood in Moscow, Russia; interest in science at early age; education at Moscow State University; research on plasma physics; visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology; earthquake prediction on Sakhalin Island; experiences at Chernobyl Nuclear Facility; reform toward liberal government in USSR; 1983 US - USSR teleconference; student exchange programs between US and USSR; work on The Vega Project; research on personal computer technology; receipt of US visa under President Clinton; personal views on patriotism and nationalism

Subjects

• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Endowments--United States.
• Interviews.
• Magat, Richard interviewer.
• Nuclear physicists--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Science and state--Soviet Union.
• Soviet Union--Relations--United States.
• Velikhov, E. P.--Interviews.