The main directions of scientific research on the chemistry and technology plastic masses performed at St.Petersburg State Institute Technology (Technical University) are defined. article is dedicated to 100th anniversary birth Professor Anatoly Fedorovich Nikolaev.

The year 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of Robert Koch's Nobel Prize. Here, we describe the scientific career of Robert Koch, the discoverer of the etiologic agent of tuberculosis but also of those of anthrax, cholera and wound infections. Equally important, Koch developed the methodologies and concepts that made medical microbiology a scientific discipline. Despite great efforts, however, Ko...

26 THE DIAPASON This article celebrates the 100th anniversary of Distler’s birth year. It enhances understanding of Distler as a composer and examines performance aspects of his organ works. Relevant biographical information introduces us to Distler’s socio-historical environment. The physical infl uences of Lübeck’s organs and Distler’s house organ explain Distler’s compositional output in ter...

Th e fi ft y years since the 100th anniversary of John Dewey’s birth have marked the emergence of new technologies that aff ord a wealth of previously unknown approaches to learning, making it not only possible but practicable for Dewey’s educational vision of participatory learning to be realized on a mass scale. Th is chapter discusses these possibilities and their implications for learning i...