Nikolai koltsov biography
- Biography.
- Nikolai K. Koltzoff (Koltsov) (1872–1940) is one of the key figures in Russian biology.
- Born in 1872, Koltsov was one of the shapers of modern biology.
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- Bib ID:
- 1831429
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Skatov, N. N. (Nikolai Nikolaevich)
- Edition:
- Izd. 2., dop.
- Description:
- Moskva : "Molodaia gvardiia", 1989
- 298, [4] p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 5235003713
- Series:
- Zhizn zamechatelnykh liudei ; 1989, vyp. 1.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-[299]).
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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