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In publisher's binding. Signed and inscribed on fly-leaf. Near very good condition, slightly wear on the spine and edges. Signed and inscribed by author: "Dorogomu Aleksandru Naumovichu / Frumkinu ot avtora / 4/VII 54 N. Semyonov" [To my dear Alexander Naumovich Frumkin from author 4/VII 54 N. Semyonov].Signed Soviet Nobel Laureate's books are very rare. First edition. Limited to 3 000 copies.The author of this book was a physicist, chemist and a leader of the Soviet nuclear weapons program Nikolay Semyonov (1896-1986), who was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sir Cyril Hinshelwood for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions. He became the first Russian Nobel laureate in Chemistry and remains the only Nobel Prize winner in chemistry in the motherland of Dmitri Mendeleev. Semyonov also was the first Soviet citizen to receive a Nobel Prize. The book signed to Semyonov's friend and colleague, an electrochemist, member of the Russian Academy of Science Alexander Frumkin… Read More