Nikita Nikolayevich Moiseyev (Russian: Никита Николаевич Моисеев) (23 August 1917 – 29 February 2000) was a

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and

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, full member of the Soviet and Russian Academies of Sciences and of the International Academy of Science, Munich.

Biography

Moiseyev studied in

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

, and received his doctor's degree from the Steklov Institute. He taught in

Bauman Moscow State Technical University The Bauman Moscow State Technical University, BMSTU (russian: link=no, Московский государственный технический университет им. Н. Э. Баумана (МГТУ им. Н. Э. Баумана)), some ...

and

Rostov State University Southern Federal University (), abbreviated as SFedU () and formerly known as Rostov State University (1957–2006), is a public university in Rostov Oblast, Russia with campuses in Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog Taganrog ( rus, Таганр� ...

after the war, and was appointed professor in

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; russian: Московский Физико-Технический институт, also known as PhysTech), is a public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It prepares speciali ...

(1956) and became its dean in the department of applied mathematics. His fields of study included

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, solid state dynamics in liquids, systems analysis, control of the artificial space objects, dynamics of biosphere and its stability (including consequences of nuclear war — "

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"). Since 1956 till his death he also worked at the

Dorodnicyn Computing Centre Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre (russian: Вычислительный центр им. А. А. Дородницына РАН), known as the Computing Centre of the Academy of Sciences (CC RAS) until 2015, is a research institute of the Russian Academ ...

. He organized the Russian Section of

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and became its first President. Nominating him for the 1994 Global 500 Roll of Honour

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stated: "He is a member of the

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, whose spectrum of interests and activities brought him from computing military missile trajectories to

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of the pernicious effects of a large scale

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, to his current involvement in environmental activities aimed at protecting future generations."

External links

Photo-Archive Nikita MoiseevList of publications by N.N. MoiseevUNEP Global 500 Roll of Honour/Laureates for Environmental Achievement

N. N. Moiseev sci. works
// Math-net.ru * ''Nikita N. Moiseev''. How Far It Is to Tomorrow. Reflection of an Eminent Russian Applied Mathematician. 1917–2000. / Preface by prof. ''Felix I. Ereshko''. Birkhauser. Translated by ''Robert G. Burns'' and ''Iouldouz S. Ragimov'', 2022. Toronto, ON, Canada. 392 p. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moiseyev, Nikita Nikolayevich 1917 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Russian mathematicians Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Academicians of the VASKhNIL Academic staff of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Soviet mathematicians Moscow State University alumni