Andrey Sakharov: References & Edit History
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Richard Lourie, Sakharov: A Biography (2002), is an excellent full-scale biography. Collections of essays by friends and colleagues include Alexander Babyonyshev (Alexander Babenyshev) (ed.), On Sakharov (1982; originally published in Russian, 1981); Edward D. Lozansky (ed.), Andrei Sakharov and Peace (1985); Sidney D. Drell and Sergei P. Kapitza (Sergei P. Kapitsa) (eds.), Sahkarov Remembered (1991); and Andrei Sakharov: Facets of a Life (1991).
Andrei Sakharov, Memoirs (1990; originally published in Russian, 1990), is the first volume of Sakharov’s autobiography and covers his early scientific career. Andrei Sakharov, Moscow and Beyond: 1986 to 1989 (1992; originally published in Russian, 1990), is the second volume and covers the perestroika and glasnost years.
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| Anniversary information added. | May 17, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - The legacy of Andrei Sakharov and the state of Russian science today. | Feb 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard University - Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies - The Life and Legacy of Andrei Sakharov. | Jul 09, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atomic Heritage Foundation - The�National Museum of Nuclear Science & History - Biography of Andrei D. Sakharov. | Sep 26, 2017 | ||
| In the discussion of the 1961 bomb, changed "58 megatons" to "50 megatons." | Aug 09, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Experience - Biography of Andrei Sakharov. | Jul 01, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: RT Russiapedia - Biography of Andrey Sakharov. | Jul 01, 2014 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 11, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jul 17, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 17, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: American Institute of Physics - Andrei Sakharov: Soviet Physics, Nuclear Weapons, and Human Rights. | Jul 10, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: TIME 100: Andrei Sakharov. | May 11, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 14, 1999 |