Walter Barshai (born 1955) is an author, scientist and humanitarian, and the founder of the
Tairus Research and Production facility within the
Russian Academy of Sciences in
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...
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Russia.
Barshai was born in
Russia, a son of a famed musician,
Rudolf Barshai (1924-2010) and painter, Anna Martinson (1928-2012), daughter of a famed Russian Comic
Sergey Martinson, but emigrated to the West in 1972. He is a theoretical physicist and the author of a work on the implications of the
uncertainty principle on the spontaneous growth of
hydrothermal crystals He was the recipient of an honorary award from the
Russian Academy of Sciences for his contribution to Russian science in 2005. He is also a classical music producer, recordings including
Mahler 5th Symphony with JDP,
"
Richter: last Orchestra performance",
Brahms, "Zeltser plays
Rachmaninoff",
Lokshin and a publisher ("Selected Art Works of Anna Martinson", poetry, etc.).
References
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Writers from Moscow
1955 births
Living people