Anatoly Davydovich Zimon (; 20 November 1924 – 22 February 2015) was an honorary professor of the Moscow State Technological Academy, a Doctor of Technical Sciences, Honored Scientist of Russia, Academician of the International Academy of Ecology and Life Safety, veteran of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

and a retired

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. He justified and created a new trend in the field of

adhesion Adhesion is the tendency of dissimilar particles or interface (matter), surfaces to cling to one another. (Cohesion (chemistry), Cohesion refers to the tendency of similar or identical particles and surfaces to cling to one another.) The ...

, which has a major scientific and practical value and has gained recognition in Russia and abroad. Seven monographs of the author, including two published in the United States amounted to an encyclopedia of adhesion. In the book ''Decontamination'' published in Japan and Germany, based on his own research, he presents the theory and practice of decontamination and testing after the

Chernobyl disaster On 26 April 1986, the no. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded. With dozens of direct casualties, it is one of only ...

. He has published five scientific books, among them the first time in Physical and Colloid Chemistry Textbooks in Physical and Colloid Chemistry. During the years 1967-2001 he published 26 books, and with a recent re-release this makes 37 volumes and 571 printed pages.

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Anatoly Zimon
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