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nature 151, 425-426 (10 April 1943) | doi:10.1038/151425a0
Stalin Prizes for Science, Inventions and Industrial Technology
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THE following have been awarded Stalin Prizes (first class) for outstanding achievements and inventions and for improvements of the technology of industrial production in 1942. First Class prizes carry an award of 200,000 roubles each (150,000 roubles in the "outstanding inventions" section) : Physics and Mathematics: P. A. Alexandrov, for studies in mathematics; P. Kapitza, for research on helium. Technical Sciences: L. S. Leibenzon, for studies on the theory of elasticity and oil mechanics; M. A. Pavlov, for research in the technology of iron smelting.
