Nicolas Rashevsky
Nicolas Rashevsky (November 9, 1899 – January 16, 1972) was an American theoretical physicist who was one of the pioneers of mathematical biology, and is also considered the father of mathematical biophysics and theoretical biology. Robert Rosen ''Essays on Life'' (2004)Evelyn Fox Keller ''Making Sense of Life'' pp. 82-89 Academic career He studied theoretical physics at the St. Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev. He left Russia after the October Revolution, emigrating first to Turkey, then to Poland, France, and finally to the US in 1924. In USA he worked at first for the Westinghouse Research Labs in Pittsburgh where he focused on the theoretical physics modeling of the cell division and the mathematics of cell fission. He was awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1934 and went to the University of Chicago to take up the appointment of assistant professor in the Department of Physiology. In 1938, inspired by reading On Growth and Form (1917) by D'Arcy Wentworth Thomp ...
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Chernigov
Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine, Hero City during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Geography Chernihiv stands on the Desna River to the north-north-east of Kyiv. The area was served by Chernihiv Shestovitsa Airport, Chernihiv Shestovytsia Airport prior to 2002, and during the Cold War it was the site of Chernihiv (air base), Chernihiv air base. History Etymology The name "Chernihiv" is a compound name, which begins with the root 'Cherni/Cherno,' which means "black" in Slavic. Scholars vary with interpretations of the second part of the name ("hiv"/gov", "говъ") though scholars suc ...
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