Boris Gessen
Russian philosopher and physicist (1893-1936) · Russia · On the map · Academics · Died at 43
Boris Mikhailovich Hessen, also Gessen, was a Soviet physicist, philosopher and historian of science. He is most famous for his paper on Newton's Principia which became foundational in historiography of science.
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Country
Russia
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1893 to 1936 · aged 43
