Pavel S. Aleksandrov laid the foundation for the field of mathematics known as topology. In addition to writing the first comprehensive textbook on the subject, Aleksandrov introduced several basic concepts of topology and its offshoots, homology and...

1896-1982 Born in Bogorodsk, Russia, in 1896, Alexandrov and his family moved to Smolensk State Hospital one year later, where his father became a well-known surgeon. Alexandrov's studies took him to the University of Moscow, where he became...

Pavel Buchler Kunsthalle Bern October 21 to December 3 The approach to the Kunsthalle in Bern takes you across a high bridge over the river Aare, which flows in the gorge some 40 metres below you. The building sits on the edge...

Max Weber wrote that to be allowed to put "his hand on the wheel of history," one should possess three essential qualities: "passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion." (1) Twenty years ago on March 10, 1985, Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev,...