Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), one of the Soviet Union's leading theoretical physicists and regarded in scientific circles as the "father of the Soviet atomic bomb," also became Soviet Russia's most prominent political dissident in the 1970s . From 1980...

Theoretical physicist and the "father of the Soviet H-bomb," Andrei Sakharov (1921–1989), who was born in Moscow on May 21, became a prominent human rights activist and the first Russian to win the Nobel Peace...

Table 2 Specific impulses of Rocket Propellants. Andrei Sakharov was a Soviet physicist who became, in the words of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, "a spokesman for the conscience of mankind." He made many important...

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (Russian: Андре́й Дми́триевич Са́харов) (May 21 1921 – December 14 1989) was an eminent Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist. Sakharov was an advocate of civil liberties...

Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1975:_ 2007: Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for efforts to educate about the effects of man-made climate change._ 2006: Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, the Bangladeshi bank he founded._ 2005: Mohamed ElBaradei,...

Russia's scientific elite, in a rare show of disobedience to the Kremlin, on Wednesday voted against a government-proposed charter that would have transferred control of the historically independent Academy of Sciences to the state.The academy has spearheaded fundamental research for nearly three centuries and enjoyed...

Jean-Francois Deniau, a former French government minister, diplomat, sailor and novelist, died Wednesday at age 78, friends said.Deniau died at his Paris home, fellow writer Jean d'Ormesson said.Deniau was truly a Renaissance man. As an envoy, he specialized in dangerous missions. An avid sailor, he...

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2006. There are 12 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 19, 1843, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was first published in England.On this date:In 1777, Gen. George Washington led his army of...