Book Review of Advanced Fluorescence Reporters in Chemistry and Biology I: Fundamentals and Molecular Design Advanced Fluorescence Reporters in Chemistry and Biology I: Fundamentals and Molecular Design . Edited by Alexander P.Demchenko (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). Springer Series on Fluorescence, 08. Springer-Verlag : Berlin, Heidelberg . 2010 . x + 390 pp. $409. ISBN 978-3-642-04700-8 .

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (19) ◽  
pp. 7619-7619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Heagy
2019 ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
Mykola Khylko

Book Review: P.A. Vodop’yanov, V.S. Krysachenko. (2018). Strategiya bytiya chelovechestva: ot apokaliptiki k noosfernomu veku [The strategy of humanity’s existence: from the apocalyptic to the noospheric age]. Minsk: Belaruskaya nauka. p. 306. [in Russian]. I am pleased to hold in my hands the elegant edition of the new book by philosophers and political scientists who are known not only in their countries — Belarus and Ukraine. It was created with the efforts of academic publishing in the anniversary series dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, a corresponding member of which is one of the authors. Each creator of this book is known for his fundamental work in the fields of philosophy of science, social ecology, study of global issues and geopolitics and known for his own scientific school. Both Pavel Vodop’yanov and Valentyn Krysachenko, by the way, are full members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Earlier, the previous work of these two authors, « Velikiy den gneva: Ekologiya i eskhatologiya [The Great Day of Wrath: Ecology and Eschatology]» (1983) (Minsk: Universitet. p. 282.), was awarded by a joint prize of three presidents: the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Therefore, from the new monograph the reader expects no less interesting content, a clear logic presentation, significant generalizations. And these expectations are fully justified. The book consists of introductory considerations, five chapters and summaries. In its content, it is completely ontological. The fundamental generalizations of human thought are considered by the authors through the prism of whether our reality exists, who is responsible for its destiny, what person`s place and value are in the course of the development of the universe, and what are the further perspectives of the earthly existence of man. And all this is analyzed and traced with the involvement of concepts and empirical material from a wide variety of fields of knowledge, beginning from the Holy Scripture to the latest futuristic reflections. The ontology of the crisis state causes concern as for the validity of moral and ethical regulators of interpersonal relations, internal degradation and disharmonization of the modern civilization. Eternal human values- goodness, justice, honesty, mutual assistance, etc. — are increasingly conceding to violence, malice, hatred and other bifurcation agents. So, does humanity have a real chance of the settled future. Isn’t this just an illusory dream? Monograph by P.O. Vodop’yanov and V.S. Krysachenko is a notable phenomenon in the scientific world, it is a fundamental study that delineates the in-depth foundations of human existence and, at the same time, it is imbued with anxiety and feelings for our common future. One attracts the style and manner of the material presentation, the encyclopedic awareness and, at the same time, the constructive ability to justify its position. It will interest not only humanities and naturalists, but also politicians and public figures and just people who concern or worry about the world’s current human collisions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (12) ◽  
pp. 117-127
Author(s):  
Yurii Shermolovich ◽  
Tatyana Vasilievа

The article is devoted to the history and present of the Institute of Organic Chemistry of NAS of Ukraine. By Boris Paton's definition, the Institute of Organic Chemistry belongs to the memorial institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. On May 23, 1939, the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences, according to resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (May 8, 1939) decided to set up the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. There were four scientific departments in the Institute, headed by academicians of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR: General Organic Synthesis - V.P. Jaworski, fuel - M.I. Kuznetsov, macromolecular compounds - I.K. Matsurevich, fibrous substances and dyes - V.G. Shaposhnikov at the time of its foundation. V. P. Jaworski, the academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, was the first Director of the Institute. Since the institute's existence, such outstanding scientists have worked in the institution as: Andrei Kiprianov (founder of the color theory of organic dyes, phenomenon of interaction of chromophores "Phenomenon AI Kiprianov", VM Zubarovsky, OI Tolmachov, Yu.L. Slominsky, OO Ishchenko, KD Sych, IK Ushenko, FA (development of preparative chemistry of thiazole, benzothiazole, benzimidazole and a number of heterocycles), E.O. Shilov (formation of p-complexes of molecules of unsaturated compounds with electrophilic reagents, substantiation of mechanisms of biochemical processes), OA Yasnikov (theory of radical transformations in reactions modeling nicotinamide coenzymes, open catalytic properties of cytochrome production technology for phospho-rylated starch), OV Kirsanov (reaction of amino compounds with phosphorus pentachloride and reaction of oxidative imination of compounds of trivalent phosphorus with dichloramines), A.F. Plate, IL Knunanciec, M.I. Kabachnik, L.M. Markovsky (Chemistry of Sulfur Organic Com-pounds) and VP Kuchar (Works on Chemistry of Phosphorus Organic Compounds), Yu. Gololobov (Chemistry of Organo-Organic Compounds), A.D. Sinitsa (Methods of Synthesis and Investigation of the Properties of Imino-Phosphonates), OI Kolodyazhny (Chemistry of Phosphorus Illides), L.M. Yagupolsky (Yagupolsky principle, Buchwald – Hartwig – Yagupolsky reaction), M.O. Lozynsky, S.V. Komisarenko (chemistry of physiologically active heterocyclic compounds), V.I. Kalchenko (molecular design, synthesis and study of supramolecular interactions of macrocyclic compounds - crowneters, calixarenes, thiacalixarenes and calixresorbins). The Institute's developments have great innovation potential today. The Institute's staff published 8,000 scientific articles, 90 monographs and obtained 1550 copyright certificates and patents. The Institute has trained 350 candidates and 65 doctors of science during its work.


2019 ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
Mykola Khylko

Book Review: P.A. Vodop’yanov, V.S. Krysachenko. (2018). Strategiya bytiya chelovechestva: ot apokaliptiki k noosfernomu veku [The strategy of humanity’s existence: from the apocalyptic to the noospheric age]. Minsk: Belaruskaya nauka. p. 306. [in Russian]. I am pleased to hold in my hands the elegant edition of the new book by philosophers and political scientists who are known not only in their countries — Belarus and Ukraine. It was created with the efforts of academic publishing in the anniversary series dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, a corresponding member of which is one of the authors. Each creator of this book is known for his fundamental work in the fields of philosophy of science, social ecology, study of global issues and geopolitics and known for his own scientific school. Both Pavel Vodop’yanov and Valentyn Krysachenko, by the way, are full members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Earlier, the previous work of these two authors, « Velikiy den gneva: Ekologiya i eskhatologiya [The Great Day of Wrath: Ecology and Eschatology]» (1983) (Minsk: Universitet. p. 282.), was awarded by a joint prize of three presidents: the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Therefore, from the new monograph the reader expects no less interesting content, a clear logic presentation, significant generalizations. And these expectations are fully justified. The book consists of introductory considerations, five chapters and summaries. In its content, it is completely ontological. The fundamental generalizations of human thought are considered by the authors through the prism of whether our reality exists, who is responsible for its destiny, what person`s place and value are in the course of the development of the universe, and what are the further perspectives of the earthly existence of man. And all this is analyzed and traced with the involvement of concepts and empirical material from a wide variety of fields of knowledge, beginning from the Holy Scripture to the latest futuristic reflections. The ontology of the crisis state causes concern as for the validity of moral and ethical regulators of interpersonal relations, internal degradation and disharmonization of the modern civilization. Eternal human values- goodness, justice, honesty, mutual assistance, etc. — are increasingly conceding to violence, malice, hatred and other bifurcation agents. So, does humanity have a real chance of the settled future. Isn’t this just an illusory dream? Monograph by P.O. Vodop’yanov and V.S. Krysachenko is a notable phenomenon in the scientific world, it is a fundamental study that delineates the in-depth foundations of human existence and, at the same time, it is imbued with anxiety and feelings for our common future. One attracts the style and manner of the material presentation, the encyclopedic awareness and, at the same time, the constructive ability to justify its position. It will interest not only humanities and naturalists, but also politicians and public figures and just people who concern or worry about the world’s current human collisions.


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