Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –
Source: Novosibirsk State University – Novosibirsk State University –
The House of Scientists hosted the next meeting of the Akademgorodok Interscientific Contacts Club, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding mathematician, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Gury Ivanovich Marchuk.
Guriy Ivanovich was the author of almost 1,400 scientific papers and 46 books on computational and applied mathematics. His scientific achievements include methods for calculating nuclear reactors, forecasting weather and tsunami risks based on mathematical modeling, and he was one of the authors of a new scientific field — mathematical modeling in immunology and medicine. And this is only part of his contribution to world and domestic science. In recent years, he devoted much time to global problems of climate change, pollution of the planet, and preserving the planet’s gene pool.
G.I. Marchuk devoted a lot of time and effort to scientific and organizational activities, heading the State Committee on Science and Technology in the rank of Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1975-1980) and becoming the last President of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
When talking about the legacy of Gury Ivanovich, his teaching activities, to which he also devoted a lot of time, are less often remembered. And in his speech at the meeting of the Club, the rector of the Novosibirsk State University, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Fedoruk partially filled this gap, presenting a number of rare archival documents and photographs related to the work of G.I. Marchuk at the university.
— Gury Ivanovich came to work at NSU almost immediately after moving to Akademgorodok in 1962 as a half-time professor in the Department of Computational Mathematics. In subsequent years, he worked in various departments and, despite the enormous workload in scientific and management work, he always treated teaching activities very carefully and responsibly, — said Mikhail Fedoruk.
Students also noted Gury Ivanovich’s very polite and friendly attitude towards everyone at the university, whether a teacher or a student. They even came up with a humorous unit of measurement for politeness – “guryi”, claiming that the average person’s politeness level is measured in “microguryi”.
— It is impossible to overestimate the opportunity to study not just from textbooks, but from those whose work later becomes the basis for writing these textbooks. Thanks to the traditional cooperation between NSU and the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences, our students have always had such an opportunity to study from the best, starting with the founding fathers of Akademgorodok, which was reflected in the quality of their education. And Marchuk’s example clearly shows that the scientists themselves paid great attention to the training of new generations of researchers, finding time for this even with the busiest work schedule, — summed up Mikhail Fedoruk.
Please note: This information is raw content directly from the source of the information. It is exactly what the source states and does not reflect the position of MIL-OSI or its clients.