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Boris Gessen

Russian philosopher and physicist (1893-1936)

  • Fame43.8
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia609
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Lived 1893–1936, aged 43
ScientistsScientist
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    10 languages
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  • Era
    1893–1936
    Aged 43
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Updated 2026-06-26

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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  • Гессен Борис Михайлович
    wikipedia · uk.wikipedia.org
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    wikipedia · ar.wikipedia.org
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  • بوريس هيسن
    wikipedia · arz.wikipedia.org
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August 16, 1893
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December 20, 1936
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