Mikhail Volkenshtein

Mikhail Vladimirovich Wolkenstein (Russian: Михаил Владимирович Волькенштейн, scientific transliteration Mikhail Vladimirovič Vol'kenštejn; born October 23, 1912 in Saint Petersburg, † February 18, 1992 in Moscow) was a Russian biophysicist.

Life

He taught as a professor at the Moscow State University and head of the Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Publications

Scientific

Selva scientific publications are in the field of quantum biophysics, chemistry of biopolymers, the quantum mechanical model of enzyme catalysis ( 1970) and the Fermi resonance in the peptide bonds.

• M.V. Volkenshtein, R. R. Dogonadze, A.K. Madumarov, Z.D. Urushadze, Yu.I. Kharkats: Theory of Enzyme Catalysis. In: Biology Molekuliarnaya. Moscow, 6, 1972, pp. 431-439 (in Russian with a summary in English ).

Popular science

A particular interest of Selva as a teacher was the clear representation of its specific field in popular science publications.

• Mikhail V. Folk Stone: Entropy and Information. Progress in Mathematical Physics. Vol 57, Birkhauser, 2009, ISBN 978-3-0346-0077-4.
• Mikhail W. Selva: entropy and information. 1986, ISBN 3-8171-1100-2 and ISBN 3-05-500628-3 (Due to copyright disputes between two Russian publishers was taken this translation into German from the market. But it is found in many libraries. )
• Mikhail V. Folk Stone: Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution. 1994, ISBN 3-540-57652-5.