The Landau and Lifshitz circle

This book is the third in the trilogy "Circle of Landau" (the first book --- "Life of a genius", the second --- "Physics of war and peace") She continues the story of the academician of L.D. Landau (1908-1968), the Nobel Prize laureate, the Lenin and three Stalinist awards. The book is 12 chapters. They include essays about the main characters-scientists, students and/or contemporaries of Landau, who were closely in contact with him. This is E.M. and I.M. Lifshitsy, A.S. Kompaneets, A.B. Migdal, V.L. Ginzburg, A.A. Abrikosov, I.M. Khalatnikov, Ya.B. Zeldovich, P.L. Kapitsa, and .I. Lyipunsky, V.S. Fursov (Dean of the Physics and Fores of Moscow State University), M.A. Sterikovich (energy) Many other outstanding scientists participate in the events. This is, in particular, N. Bor, I.E. Tamm, I.G. Petrovsky, R.Z. Sagdeev, L.A. Arzimovich, I.Ya. Pomeranchuk, V.G. Levich, E.L. Feinberg , V.Ya. Fineberg, V.P. Silin, Yu.L. Klimontovich, A.A. Rukhadze and others, represented by bright episodes and characteristics in the gallery of essays and portraits. The appendix has a lecture by E.M. Lifshits "L.D. Landau --- Scientist, teacher, man", letter of P. L. Kapitsa I.V. Stalin (full text), etc.
For a wide range of readers interested in the history of physics of the 20th century