Simon Shnoll
Simon Elievich Shnol | |
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Shnoll in 2007 | |
| Born | 21 March 1930 |
| Died | 11 September 2021 (aged 91) |
| Education | Doctor of Science (1970) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry, Biophysics |
| Institutions | Moscow State University |
| Thesis | Spontaneous reversible changes ("conformational vibrations") of preparations of muscle proteins |
| Doctoral students | Anatol Zhabotinsky |
Simon El'evich Shnol (Russian: Симон Эльевич Шноль; 21 March 1930 – 11 September 2021) was a biophysicist, and a historian of Soviet science. He was a professor at Physics Department of Moscow State University and a member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. His fields of interest were the oscillatory processes in biology, the theory of evolution, chronobiology, and the history of science. He had mentored many successful scientists, including Anatoly Zhabotinsky.