Background
MIKHAYLOV, Aleksandr was born in 1888.
MIKHAYLOV, Aleksandr was born in 1888.
1911 graduated Moscow University.
1934 Chairman, Central Council, AllUnion Astronomical and Geodetic Society. 1949 member, Main Editorial Board, “Bolshaya sovetskaya entsiklopediya” (Large Soviet Encyclopedia). Expounded theory of solar and lunar eclipses, obscuration of planets by moon, and transit of planets across solar disc.
Compiled eclipse-prediction table. In charge of five expeditions to study total solar eclipses. 1932 initiated general gravimetric survey of USSR.
1936 did research on deflection of light rays in sun’s gravitational field (Einstein’s effect), for which he designed special apparatus. 1942-1945 developed a method of determining shape of Earth. 1918-1950 Professor, Moscow University.
1946-1948 V.-President, International Astronomical Union.
There is no solid or tangible evidence for God nor a logical argument for God. The existence of God is taken on faith and not by evidence.
Member, Communist Party, since 1956.
Marxism–Leninism as the only truth could not, by its very nature, become outdated.
Member, Communist Party, since 1956.