Background
Vainshtein, Boris Konstantinovich was born on July 10, 1921 in Moscow. Son of Konstantin Borisovich and Anna Sergeevna (Ivanisova) Vainshtein.
Vainshtein, Boris Konstantinovich was born on July 10, 1921 in Moscow. Son of Konstantin Borisovich and Anna Sergeevna (Ivanisova) Vainshtein.
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Mathematics, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1948; Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1955; D. (honorary), Stockholm U., 1977; Doctor of Science (honorary), York (England) University, England, 1991; Doctor of Science (honorary), Keele (England) University, 1992.
Senior research scientist, Institute Crystallography Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1949-1958; head of laboratory, Institute Crystallography Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences, Moscow, since 1958; head, Institute Crystallography Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences, Moscow, since 1962.
Member Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Sciences (full, academician, deputy chairman division general physics 1975, chairman science county crystal physics 1972, E.S. Fedorov prize 1989), German Academy Naturalists "Leopoldina", Royal Academy Sciences and Arts(Barcelona, Spain, correspondent), Lorand Eötvos Physical Society Hungary (honorary), Academy of Sciences Poland (foreign).
Married Ariadna Yulyevna Nurok, August 22, 1922. Children: Olga, Alexander.
