The unfinished Nobel race of Eugene Zavoisky: to the 75th anniversary of EPR discoveryстатья
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Аннотация:On 21, January 2019 there will be 75 years when electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) was discovered by Eugene (Yevgeny) Konstantinovich Zavoisky (Fig. 1) in 1944 in the USSR. This method has revolutionized the study of various physical, chemical and biological systems, and the importance of Zavoisky’s discovery is acknowledged by the EPR scientific community all over the world. However, Zavoisky did not receive a Nobel Prize for this discovery he certainly deserved. This fact was (and is) often interpreted by his compatriots as a manifestation of the immanent bias of the Nobel Committee towards Russian scientists. The lack of profound scientific historical research related to Nobel Prizes in the USSR, particularly related to Zavoisky, largely and easily contributed to this attitude (widely shared belief).