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Reminiscences of Boris Chirikov 













(Round table, INP, around 1967, photo by V.Petrov)







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This is a collection of personal reminiscences written by 

colleagues and friends about 
an exceptional scientist and man 
 
Boris Valerianovich Chirikov. 

All contributions recieved before 2009 in one pdf file are 
 here  (16Mb), 

short size version with reduced number of photos is  here  (3.3Mb),
 
also available at Scholarpedia
 link  

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     1. A.Sessler (Lawrence Berkeley Lab),
    "Reminiscences about Boris Chirikov" 
    (Received July 3, 1998
     (here) )


     2. P.Koch (SUNY at Stony Brook),
    "Remarks on Boris (a Russian) by Peter (an American)
        in Toulouse (France): 
     Yes, physics is international !" 
     (Received October 3, 1998
     (here) )


     3. P.Koch (SUNY at Stony Brook),
    "Another reminiscence of Boris Valerianovich Chirikov from Peter Koch" 
     (Received June 6, 2008
     (here) )


     4. G.I.Dimov (BINP, Novosibirsk),
    "With Boris Chirikov: side by side work and life" (in Russian)
     (Received September 5, 2008
     (here) )


     5. G.Casati (Univ. of Insubria, Como),
    "Untitled" (Received October 7, 2008
     (here) )


     6. I.B.Khriplovich (BINP, Novosibirsk),
    "Untitled" (in Russian and English)
     (Received October 27, 2008
     (here) )


     7. I.N.Meshkov (ancient BINP, Novosibirsk,
     at present JINR, Dubna),
    "Boris Chirikov - encyclopedist" (in Russian)
     (Received October 27, 2008
     (here) ;
     extended version at NSU website
      (link) )


     8. F.Vivaldi (Queen Mary, Univ. of London)
    "Boris Chirikov and the Cray I" (Received November 21, 2008
      (here) )


     9. L.Bunimovich (Georgia Tech, Atlanta)
        "Boris Valerianovich Chirikov: to the memory" 
	(Received November 27, 2008
	      (here) )


     10. D.L.Shepelyansky (CNRS, Toulouse)
        "Boris Chirikov - Sputnik of Chaos" 
	(Received December 12, 2008
	      (here) ; 
	 Russian extended version dedicated 
	 to 50th of Novosibirsk State University,
	  Dated September 3, 2009 
	   (here) ;
	  also available at NSU website
	    (link) )
	     



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Reminiscences received after 2008 



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     11. S.Heifets (SLAC, Stanford)
        "B.V.Chirikov" (in Russian)
	(Received March 6, 2010 from O.S.Bashina
	      (here) )


     12. E.Shuryak (SUNY at Stony Brook, New York)
        "B.V.Chirikov as "director"" (in Russian)
	(Received March 6, 2010 from O.S.Bashina
	      (here) )


     13. O.V.Zhirov (BINP. Novosibirsk)
        "At the beginings of dynamical chaos - snapshots and thoughts" (in Russian)
	(Received April 28, 2010 
	      (here) )


     14. F.M.Izrailev (ancien BINP)
        "Boris Valerianovich Chirikov" (in Russian)
	(Received August 27, 2012 from G.N.Kulipanov at BINP
	      (here) )


     15. I.F.Ginzburg (Inst. of Mathematics, Novosibirsk), 
       "A few words about Boris chirikov" (in Russian)
	(Received August 27, 2012 from G.N.Kulipanov at BINP 
	      (here) )


     16. G.V.Meledin (Novosibirsk State University), 
       "Entrance exams in physics at NSU from a examinator view point" (in Russian)
	(Received August 27, 2012 from G.N.Kulipanov at BINP
	      (here) )


     17. V.V.Tselischev (Inst. of philisophy, Novosibirsk), 
       "Talks on a path" (in Russian)
	(Received August 27, 2012 from G.N.Kulipanov at BINP
	      (here) )


     18. V.V.Sokolov (BINP, Novosibirsk), 
       "My reminiscences about Boris Valerianovich Chirikov" (in Russian)
	(Received August 27, 2012 from G.N.Kulipanov at BINP
	      (here) )


     19. V.V.Parkhomchuk(BINP, Novosibirsk), 
       "Boris Valerianovich Chirikov" (in Russian)
	(Received August 27, 2012 from G.N.Kulipanov at BINP
	      (here) )

 
      20. Yu.F.Orlov (ancien BINP), 
       "About Boris" (in Russian)
	(dated 22 Feb 2010, Received August 27, 2012 from G.N.Kulipanov at BINP
	      (here) )


      21. G.N.Kulipanov (BINP), 
       "Reminiscences about B.V.Chirikov" (in Russian)
	(from the BINP book about B.V.Chirikov see Ref.23)
	      (here) )


      22. A.N.Skrinsky (BINP), 
       "Brief reminiscences about B.V.Chirikov" (in Russian)
	(from the BINP book about B.V.Chirikov see Ref.23)
	      (here) )


      23. "Boris Valerianovich Chirikov - Legislator of
     Chaos" (BINP book about B.V.Chirikov in Russian and partially in English, 
     short version, O.V.Zhirov, D.L.Shepelyansky, K.W.Epstein (composers), 
     A.N.Skrinsky (head editor), Publ. Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 2014, ISBN 978-5-7692-1362-5;
	      (here) ); 
     (polnaia versia)  


      24. D.L.Shepelyansky, invited video-lecture 
      at Physics Department of Novosibirsk State University, Russia (host A.Bondar) 
      "Boris Valerianovich Chirikov - Legislator of Chaos" (overview of scientific results of B.V.Chirikov, in Russian;
      slides in English), November 2, 2021 
      (slides; 
         video-1h20m)