SCENARIO OF EXTRA-CLEAR EVENT
"PEOPLE WHO DEDICATED THE LIFE TO SCIENCE"
DECOR:
1. Poem:
"Let it be powerful in its orbit
Today's rhythm is circling us -
Rather sees the future
Only those who value the past.
Oleg Dmitriev
2. Portraits of Nikolai Lobachevsky, Evariste Galois, Sofia Kovalevskaya.
SCENARIO
INTRODUCTION.
I LEADER: Today we want to tell you about mathematicians who showed their talent already at a young age.
II HOST: Do you love math? Those who answered “yes” will enjoy the feeling of co-creation with the great ones who have dedicated their lives to this science.
III HOST: For those who answered “no”, such communication is even more necessary. It is possible that today's admiration for the life achievements of scientists will prompt you to reassess your attitude to mathematics.
I LEADER: In the minds of many, mathematicians are "crackers", immersed in their science and not interested in anything else. And in vain! Great mathematical talent is often combined with the manifestation of a creative interest in poetry, prose, music and other forms of art.
II HOST: For example, Omar Khayyam, who lived in the XI - XII centuries. in, was not only a mathematician. He was known as a poet who composed rubais (quatrains), which reflected the experience of a long and difficult life, philosophical reflections:
“In order to live life wisely, you need to know a lot,
Two important rules to remember to get started:
You'd rather starve than eat anything
And it’s better to be alone than to be with just anyone.”
III HOST: The famous Russian scientist Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was engaged in the natural sciences, glass production, and the study of the weather. And at the same time, he laid the foundations of the modern Russian language.
I LEADER: The French mathematician Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650) immortalized himself in the field of philosophy, was listed among the founders of French prose of modern times. His last work was a play in verse.
II HOST: And you guys, notice the mathematics around you - in everyday life and nature. For an observant person, even simple sections of plants are beautiful geometric shapes.
III HOST: The winged saying of Sofya Kovalevskaya, a woman mathematician, is known: “It is impossible to be a mathematician without being at the same time a poet at heart.”
I LEADER: A well-known Russian biochemist convincingly testifies to this in his poem:
“It is a lie that there is no poetry in science.
In the reflections of the great world
Hundreds of colors and sounds will catch the poet
And the magic lyre will repeat.
Young volcanologist, shielding his eyes,
Frozen with delight and fear,
From flowing lava, through a sea of fire,
He clearly hears the music of Bach.
Behind the halls of formulas, forgetting about spring,
In the world of numbers, wandering like a lunatic,
Suddenly the harmony of conclusions gives the string,
Clinging to the sonorous violin, mathematician.
A true scientist, he is also a poet,
Ever thirsty to know and foresee.
Who said that there is no poetry in science?
You just need to understand and see!”
MAIN PART.
I. Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky.
“The living fight, and only those are alive
Whose heart is devoted to a lofty dream,
Who sets a beautiful goal before him,
To the heights of valor go a steep path
And, like their own torch, they carry into the future
Great love or sacred labor!”
(Participants bow.)
Day of the medical worker in Russia began to be celebrated on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 1, 1980 "On holidays and memorable days."
“The profession of a doctor and a nurse is a special one: at all times they have respected and deservedly appreciated those who have chosen caring for people's health as their life's work. The work of a physician requires special qualities, among which are loyalty to duty, sympathy, the inability to stay away from someone else's pain, ”said Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova congratulating the representatives of this profession.
On this day, AiF.ru remembered five stories of people who dedicated their lives to saving others.
It is hard to calculate how many lives the Austro-American explorer Karl Landsteiner saved. Already, the bill is in the billions. And this number will continue to grow, because the scientist discovered the blood types. Even before that, doctors tried to transfuse blood from one person to another, but the successful outcome of this procedure at that time was pure luck.
Karl Landsteiner was born on June 14, 1868 in Vienna. His father died quite early, and Faina's mother raised her son alone. In 1891, the young man graduated from the medical school of the University of Vienna, but Landsteiner was much more interested in chemistry, especially organic. In the future, the scientist will deal with only one area of this broad area - immunology. And he will make a discovery that will change the course of science.
Knowing this, Jenner decided that infecting a person with cowpox was much safer than resorting to variolation. Contemporaries at first ridiculed his initiative. The newspapers of that time repeatedly appeared cartoons depicting people with parts of the body of a cow. However, public condemnation did not stop Jenner. And soon the success of his method led to the fact that smallpox vaccination became a common practice. It is worth noting that, despite his merits, the doctor from England never tried to make money on vaccination, considering it his duty to help people.
John Franklin Enders
In the scientific community, scientist John Franklin Enders is sometimes referred to as the "father of modern vaccines." He received this nickname for his work in the field of virology. In 1954, the American received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research. The measles vaccine he created in collaboration with Thomas Weller and Frederick Robbinson saved the lives of 120 million people. In 1954, in the laboratory of the Boston Pediatric Hospital, he and his collaborators were able to create a strain that caused immunity, but not the disease itself. It was his development that served as the basis for the creation of modern measles vaccines.
But not only in laboratories you can find medical heroes. During the war, doctors and nurses, risking their lives, carry the wounded from the battlefield and provide them with emergency care. Zinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko was one of those nurses. When her husband was called to the front in 1941, she completed medical courses and volunteered for the war. Zinaida received her first baptism of fire on July 11, 1942. The battle lasted three days, and she bore 40 wounded. For the feat Tusnolobova-Marchenko was awarded the Order of the Red Star. However, already in 1943, the brave nurse took part in the battle, which left her without arms and legs.
Zinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko. Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org The regiment fought in the Kursk region. The woman was told that the commander had been wounded. Tusnolobova-Marchenko ran to him, but was wounded in the leg. I had to crawl. When the nurse got to the commander, he had already died. However, he still had a folder with secret papers in his hands. The woman grabbed her and tried to crawl towards her allies, but another explosion deafened the nurse. When Tusnolobova woke up, the Germans were already walking around the field and finishing off those who survived. She could no longer defend herself, so she pretended to be dead. Approaching her, the fascist began to beat her with a rifle butt, causing her to lose consciousness again. But she didn't die. The nurse was saved by porters who were picking up the dead. In the hospital where she was brought, the doctor saw that the woman had gangrene. I had to amputate the right leg to the knee, the left foot, part of the right arm and the left hand.
The woman courageously endured all the operations, which were often carried out with little or no anesthesia. But she was afraid to return in this form to her husband. Therefore, she wrote him a letter in which she asked him to forget about her. The husband, however, did not abandon his beloved. When he returned from the front, the family had two children.
Maria Borovichenko. Photo: commons.wikimedia.org
During the Great Patriotic War, more than 85 thousand doctors died or went missing. The average life expectancy of a medical officer on the front line in 1941 was 40 seconds. Among those who did not return from the front was Maria Borovichenko. The girl went to war when she was not yet 17 years old. However, for her exploits, she was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
The fragile teenager surprised his commanders more than once. When she first got to the front, the girl approached the general Rodimtsev and told about all the army batteries of the enemy, machine-gun points and warehouses with weapons of the Germans, which she saw while she was getting there. Borovichenko was appointed as a nurse in the first rifle battalion of the 5th airborne brigade. And two days later, during the battle, she carried eight soldiers on herself, managing to shoot two fascists. In 1941, in a battle near the Ukrainian city of Konotop, a girl carried 20 wounded.
A brave nurse died in 1943 protecting a lieutenant Kornienko. A shell fragment hit her right in the heart. Veterans of the unit where she served asked to perpetuate the memory of Maria Borovichenko. In 1965, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR complied with this request. In the same year director Shulamith Tsybulnik made the film "No Unknown Soldiers", the prototype of the main character of which was a brave teenage girl.
*Blood Serum- blood plasma devoid of fibrinogen protein. Serums retain most of the antibodies, and due to the absence of fibrinogen, stability increases dramatically.
**RBCs- red blood cells that carry oxygen and nutrients to tissues and organs.
The problem put forward in the title of this article can be called philosophical, and the question itself can be called rhetorical, that is, not requiring an answer. But since you asked this question, I will try to help you.
Reflections on the topic
So what do you want to dedicate your life to? There are many worthy occupations in the world, each of which is no worse or better than the others. First of all, it all depends on your inclinations, but not only on them. From what, to whom and why we dedicate our lives, it directly depends on how happy you will be, doing this or that business or taking care of this or that person. It is unlikely that you will be happy, improving in a business that you can’t stand in spirit, but which you are forced to do because of your profession. However, are they forced? Most often, our environment influences the desire to do things that we do not like: parents, friends, teachers. Sometimes a person does something against his loved ones, but isn't it the same influence in this case? Therefore, when choosing the most worthy and interesting occupation for yourself, exclude such manifestations of your ego.
How to choose a business
First of all, try to think in terms of interest, and not in terms of ambition (of course, if ambition is not the most attractive goal for you). Remember the saying that you don't have to work at a job you love because it's fun? This is exactly how you should choose your life's work. Work should bring first of all pleasure, then it will become not work at all. If you are happy to do something, then you will have everything: money, recognition in certain circles, and a feeling of happiness from the work performed. For me personally, a good business is determined by the following criteria: firstly, it should be interesting for me to do it. Secondly, the occupation should bring some dividends: in the form of money, for example, or in the form of recognition (we are all people), but the main thing is still interest. Of course, the most favorite activities may not bring material income, but in this case you need to be able to combine them with profitable ones (you need to live on something), which is not so difficult.
Specific Options
You can devote your life to science, art, sports, politics - anything. The most important thing is that it brings you pleasure and joy. I know people who devote all their free time to their hobbies. Although these hobbies are not significant for many (local history, paintball, modeling, ballet, computer modding, embroidery, etc.), but the main thing is that my friends and acquaintances are happy and that they really know how to do it on their own. high level. Not everyone is interested in recognition, most like the process itself - and that's great! Recognition, fame, wealth - this is wonderful, but only if without this there is no happiness for a person. And everyone has their own happiness. And finally, a little advice. No matter how much you enjoy doing what you love, take care of a certain level of income. It does not matter what it will be - work, interest on a deposit, renting an apartment, but one way or another, it is necessary to ensure a decent life for yourself.
SCENARIO OF EXTRA-CLEAR EVENT
S.V. Kovalevskaya.
DECOR:
Poem:
Rather sees the future
Oleg Dmitriev
Portraits of Nikolai Lobachevsky, Sofia Kovalevskaya.
Presentation. N.I. Lobachevsky.
Presentation. S. V. Kovalevskaya.
Teacher: Fathrakhmanova R.G
MBOU secondary school No. 6.
"MATHEMATICS WHO DEDICATED THE LIFE TO SCIENCE"
"You can't be a mathematician
without being at the same time a poet at heart.
S.V. Kovalevskaya.
"Let it be powerful in its orbit
Today's rhythm is circling us -
Rather sees the future
Only those who value the past.
Oleg Dmitriev.
SCENARIO
INTRODUCTION.
I LEADING: Today we want to tell you about mathematicians who have shown their talent already at a young age.
II LEADING: Do you like mathematics? Those who answered “yes”, communication with the great ones who have dedicated their lives to this science, will bring joy from the feeling of co-creation.
III HOST: For those who answered “no”, such communication is even more necessary. It is possible that today's admiration for the life achievements of scientists will prompt you to reassess your attitude to mathematics.
I LEADING: In the minds of many, mathematicians are “crackers”, immersed in their science and not interested in anything else. And in vain! Great mathematical talent is often combined with the manifestation of a creative interest in poetry, prose, music and other forms of art.
II HOST: For example, Omar Khayyam, who lived in the 11th-12th centuries, was not only a mathematician. He was known as a poet who composed rubais (quatrains), which reflected the experience of a long and difficult life, philosophical reflections:
“In order to live life wisely, you need to know a lot,
Two important rules to remember to get started:
You'd rather starve than eat anything
And it’s better to be alone than to be with just anyone.”
III PRESENTER: The famous Russian scientist Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov was engaged in natural sciences, glass production, weather study. And at the same time, he laid the foundations of the modern Russian language.
I LEADER: The French mathematician Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650) immortalized himself in the field of philosophy, was listed among the founders of the French prose of modern times. His last work was a play in verse.
II LEADER: And you guys, notice the mathematics around you - in everyday life and nature. For an observant person, even simple sections of plants are beautiful geometric shapes.
III LEADER: Sophia Kovalevskaya, a female mathematician, has a famous saying: “It is impossible to be a mathematician without being at the same time a poet in your soul.”
I LEADING: The well-known Russian biochemist M.V. Bromley convincingly testifies to this in his poem:
“It is a lie that there is no poetry in science.
In the reflections of the great world
Hundreds of colors and sounds will catch the poet
And the magic lyre will repeat.
Young volcanologist, shielding his eyes,
Frozen with delight and fear,
From flowing lava, through a sea of fire,
He clearly hears the music of Bach.
Behind the halls of formulas, forgetting about spring,
In the world of numbers, wandering like a lunatic,
Suddenly the harmony of conclusions gives the string,
Clinging to the sonorous violin, mathematician.
A true scientist, he is also a poet,
Ever thirsty to know and foresee.
Who said that there is no poetry in science?
You just need to understand and see!”
MAIN PART.
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky.
IV LEADER: On December 1, 1792, in Kazan, in the family of the surveyor Ivan Maksimovich Lobachevsky, the boy Kolya was born - the future great geometer Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, who made a revolutionary revolution in geometry and philosophy, our "Copernicus of geometry", as the English mathematician Clifford called him. Nicholas was not yet a full ten years old when his father died. Praskovya Aleksandrovna Lobachevskaya remained without funds with her three young sons.
V LEADING: Nikolai - a light-eyed boy with a high forehead and a thin graceful nose - was of middle age. It took the energetic efforts of his mother to achieve the enrollment of her sons in the Kazan Imperial Gymnasium at public expense.
VI LEADER: Kolya, lively, serious, energetic, studied at the gymnasium, and then at the university very successfully, with great diligence. In addition to the compulsory ones - Latin and German, he independently studied French and Greek so much that he could read serious books on mathematics and philosophy, which he took from the gymnasium library. In rare moments, free from classes, or preparing for a lesson in literature, he composed poetry.
IV HOST:
"Columbus bravely strove into the distance,
Looking for desirable shores
But the path is long. And became
Hear the murmur of the sailors.
And he looks at the ocean
In excitement, the chest breathes heavily.
The question is will I fulfill my plan
And is my path right?
And now his dreams have come true:
Earth! the man exclaimed.
Columbus! the sailors shout. - You
Glorified the motherland forever!
V HOST:
In 1811, after graduating from the university, Lobachevsky received a master's degree in physics and mathematics with honors and was left at the university. Lobachevsky's scientific work continues. At the end of 1811, Lobachevsky presented the argument "Theory of the elliptical motion of celestial bodies." In 1813, another work was presented - "On the resolution of an algebraic equation". In addition to scientific studies, Nikolai is also engaged in pedagogical activities - he works with students and gives special lectures on arithmetic and geometry for officials who have not received a university education, but who want to get positions in the 8th grade. On March 26, 1814, the 21-year-old Lobachevsky was approved by the dean of mathematics.
VI HOST:
July 7, 1816 Lobachevsky became a professor. He was then 24 years old. After being elected professor, Lobachevsky is trusted to teach more responsible courses. In the 1816/1817 academic year, he read a course in arithmetic, algebra and trigonometry in his notebook, in 1817/1818 - a course in plane and spherical geometry in his notebook, in 1818/1819 - a course in differential and integral calculus according to Monge and Lagrange. We have to take a more active part in the rest of university life.
IV HOST:
The range of his duties was extensive - lecturing on mathematics, astronomy and physics, completing and putting in order the library, museum, physics room, creating an observatory. During these years, Lobachevsky prepared a textbook on geometry. Another textbook written by him, on algebra, was published only 10 years later (1834).
V HOST:
On May 3, 1827, 35-year-old Lobachevsky was elected rector of Kazan University by secret ballot (11 votes against 3).
The new rector, with his characteristic energy, immediately plunged into economic affairs - the reorganization of the staff, the construction of educational buildings, mechanical workshops, laboratories and observatories, the maintenance of the library and the mineralogical collection, participates in the publication of the Kazan Bulletin, etc. He did a lot with his own hands . During his time at the university, he taught courses in geometry, trigonometry, algebra, analysis, probability theory, mechanics, physics, astronomy and even hydraulics, often replacing absent teachers. Simultaneously with teaching, Lobachevsky read popular science lectures for the population, he tirelessly developed and polished the main work of his life - non-Euclidean geometry. The first draft of the new theory - the report "A Concise Presentation of the Principles of Geometry" Lobachevsky made on February 11 (23), 1826, the date of this speech is considered the birthday of non-Euclidean geometry.
VI HOST:
In 1836, Tsar Nicholas I visited the university, was pleased and awarded Lobachevsky with the prestigious Order of Anna II degree, which gave the right to hereditary nobility. On April 29, 1838, N. I. Lobachevsky was granted the nobility and given a coat of arms “for his services in the service and in science”.
IV HOST:
Lobachevsky was the rector of Kazan University from 1827 to 1846, having survived the cholera epidemic (1830) and the strongest fire (1842), which destroyed half of Kazan. Thanks to the energy and skillful actions of the rector, the casualties and losses in both cases were minimal. Through the efforts of Lobachevsky, Kazan University becomes a first-class, authoritative and well-equipped educational institution, one of the best in Russia.
V HOST:
On August 16, 1846, the Ministry "at the direction of the Governing Senate" removed Lobachevsky not only from the professorial department, but also from the post of rector. He was appointed assistant trustee of the Kazan educational district with a significant reduction in salary. Lobachevsky soon went bankrupt, the house in Kazan and his wife's estate were sold for debts. In 1852, the eldest son Alexei, Lobachevsky's favorite, died of tuberculosis. His own health was undermined, his eyesight was weakening. But despite this, Lobachevsky, to the best of his ability, tries to participate in the life of the university. He chairs the commission for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the university. The last work of the scientist, "Pangeometry", was written down under dictation by the students of a blind scientist in 1855.
VI HOST:
February 12, 1856 Lobachevsky died. He was then 64 years old. 40 years after his death, a monument to the great mathematician was erected in front of the building of Kazan University, created by the Russian sculptor Maria Dillon.
"High forehead, furrowed brows,
In cold bronze - a reflected beam ...
But even the still and stern
He, as if alive, is calm and powerful.
Once here, on a wide square,
On this Kazan bridge,
Thoughtful, unhurried, strict,
He went to lectures - great and lively.
Let no new lines be drawn by hands,
He stands here, raised high,
As an affirmation of one's immortality,
As an eternal symbol of the triumph of science. (V. Firsov)
Sofia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya.
VII HOST:
On January 15, 1850, in Moscow, in the family of an artillery general, a large landowner, Korvin-Krukovsky, a daughter, Sophia, the future "princess of science" Sofya Vasilievna Kovalevskaya, was born. For her small stature and thin figure, her relatives nicknamed her Sparrow. When Sofa was 6 years old, the general's family moved to their estate Palibino, Vitebsk province. In those years, girls, even from noble and landowner families, could only be educated at home, without the opportunity to continue their education at a higher school.
VIII HOST:
A cheerful girl with a round and unusually expressive face, with a dimple in her chin and eyes, now shining and sparkling, now dreamy, studied diligently, persistently and independently comprehending everything that she studied.
IX HOST:
From the childhood memories of Sofia Kovalevskaya. “An amazing incident happened to me in childhood. When our house was being renovated, there was not enough wallpaper for the children's room. This room stood for several years, pasted over only with plain paper. But by a happy coincidence, this preliminary pasting was used to record lectures on higher mathematics, which were read by one of the largest Russian scientists of the 19th century, Mikhail Vasilyevich Ostrogradsky, at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Sheets, dotted with strange, incomprehensible formulas, drew attention to themselves. I spent whole hours near the walls of the children's room, trying to understand the text written on them. From this, the appearance of many formulas and the words accompanying them crashed into my memory.
VII HOST:
When, a few years later, 15-year-old Sonya took her first lessons in higher mathematics, her teacher was surprised at how soon she learned the most difficult concepts of this science. But the thing was that at the moment when he was explaining these concepts to her, the girl suddenly remembered the words from Ostrogradsky's lectures, which she had once memorized while looking at the walls of her room.
VIII HOST:
Early addicted to reading, at the age of 12 Sonya firmly decided to become a poetess. However, by the age of 18, her vocation was determined: in science, in mathematics!
For a girl of her circle, such a goal could only be realized abroad. But for this it was necessary to obtain the so-called "residence permit" abroad, which was given only to married women. And in September 1868, 18-year-old Sophia married a neighbor on the estate of Vladimir Kovalevsky and a year later left with her husband for Germany.
IX HOST:
"Now the time has come
Trade dreams for action
And she looks ahead
So confident, so bold.
Doesn't scare her at all.
Unknown road.
There is a lot of faith in her heart
And there are so many hopes in my soul.
VII HOST:
At the University of Berlin, Sophia was not allowed to attend lectures: "Women are not accepted here." With great difficulty, she managed to get to the famous German mathematician Weierstrass. Soon Kovalevskaya became his favorite student.
Sophia wrote in one of her poems:
“If you are in life even for a moment
I felt the truth in my heart
If a ray of truth through darkness and doubt
With a bright radiance your path lit up:
What would, in his unchanging decision,
Rock has not appointed you ahead,
The memory of this sacred moment
Keep forever, like a shrine, in your chest.
The clouds will gather in a discordant mass,
The sky will be covered with black haze -
With clear determination, with calm faith
Meet the storm and face the storm.
False ghosts, evil visions
They will try to lead you astray;
Salvation against all enemy machinations
In your own heart you can find;
If a holy spark is stored in it,
You are omnipotent and omnipotent, but know
Woe to you, if you yield to enemies,
Let you kidnap her by chance!
It would be better for you not to be born,
It would be better not to know the truth
Rather than, knowing, retreat from it,
Rather than exchange the truth for a lie.
After all, the terrible gods are jealous and strict,
Their verdict is clear, the decision is one:
Much will be exacted from that person,
To whom many talents have been given…”
VIII HOST:
Sofia Kovalevskaya graduated from the University of Göttingen "with the highest praise" with the award of a doctorate in mathematics and a master of fine arts. In 1888, the Paris Academy of Sciences awarded Sofia Kovalevskaya the Prize. For 8 years Kovalevskaya taught mathematics at Stockholm University in Sweden. An early death interrupted the scientific and pedagogical activity of Sofya Vasilievna. She died of pneumonia on February 10, 1891 at the age of 41.
IX HOST:
One of her Swedish friends, the poet Franz Lefleur, wrote a poem:
On the death of S.V. Kovalevskaya.
"…Goodbye! We honor you.
Leaving your ashes in the grave;
Let the Swedish land over him
Lies easily, without suppressing ...
Goodbye! With your glory
You, forever parting with us,
You will live in the memory of people
With other glorious minds
As long as the wonderful starlight
From heaven to earth will pour
And in the host of shining planets
The ring of Saturn will not be eclipsed."
CONCLUSION.
(All on stage).
Solemn music. In turn, they show portraits of the characters in the script.
X HOST:
Of course, we could not tell about all the outstanding mathematicians who showed their talent in their youth. And not all famous scientists revealed their abilities in their youth.
XI HOST:
And we end our speech with lines of poems by Victor Hugo.
“The living fight, and only those are alive
Whose heart is devoted to a lofty dream,
Who set a goal for himself,
To the heights of valor go a steep path
And, like their own torch, they carry into the future
Great love or sacred labor!”
(Participants bow.)
It is difficult to overestimate the merits of Academician Vladimir Bekhterev: many important discoveries have been made in the field of psychiatry through his efforts. The successor of the work of the great scientist was the granddaughter -. Many trials fell to her lot: childhood in an orphanage with the stigma of the daughter of an enemy of the people, famine in besieged Leningrad ... However, she survived and directed all her energies to the development of domestic science.
Natalya Bekhtereva lived a hard life: a selfless childhood ended in an instant, when in 1937 she was arrested and sentenced to death, and her mother was sent into exile in camps. Then the 13-year-old girl ended up in a boarding school, because none of the relatives dared to take the daughter of an enemy of the people to bring up. Natalya studied diligently, and after graduation she was able to apply to eight institutes in Leningrad. She did not think about a medical career, but fate left her no choice: after the evacuation of universities in connection with the outbreak of World War II, only the medical institute remained in the city. This is where Natalya Bekhtereva entered.
The study turned out to be interesting. Despite the terrible living conditions, hunger and poverty of besieged Leningrad, Natalya was able to devote herself to science and decided to do her dissertation research. The young scientist was interested in everything that was connected with the activity of the brain, and she was incredibly happy about the opportunity to take part in laboratory research.
At the dawn of studying the specifics of the brain, scientists set up primitive experiments in order to acquire elementary knowledge about how the human brain works. During the operation, the patient was conscious, and doctors passed electrodes through certain parts of the brain. The reaction of the "experimental" testified to what type of activity this or that part of the brain was responsible for, most often there were problems with the pronunciation of words, or the patient described the hallucinations he saw. Gradually, Bekhtereva led this direction, she owns a lot of scientific research on how the human brain works, what is the nature of thinking, what mechanisms are involved in memorization.
Natalya conquered many career heights: at first she headed a scientific laboratory, then she became an academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. Despite selfless service to science, Bekhtereva not only found like-minded people, but also made many enemies. Out of envy, anonymous letters scribbled at her, recalled the past, branded her father. She had to endure the most difficult trials in the 1990s: then she lost her husband (the cause was death after a stroke) and her adopted child, who committed suicide.
Until the end of her life, Natalya Bekhtereva was engaged in science, comparing scientific research with the search for pearls. The researcher was convinced that there was still a lot of unknown in the activity of the brain, believed in prophetic dreams and did not recognize clinical death, respected Vanga's predictions and argued that society in its development follows the same mechanisms that are inherent in the work of the brain.
Natalya Bekhtereva is a world-famous scientist. Her activities are a vivid example of what results can be achieved
