Surname K Collection

Immanuel Kant, caricature
Immanuel Kant. Caricature of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). Kant published various influential philosophical works on the natural sciences, particularly geophysics and astronomy

Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian gun designer
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (born 1919), Russian gun designer, holding the first-ever AK-47 assault rifle, at an official 60th anniversary event, held in 2007 in Moscow, Russia

Kapitsa and Androv, Russian physicists. Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (left, 1894-1984) is listening to a graduate student called Androv (right), who is defending his doctoral thesis

Andrei Kolmogorov, Soviet mathematician
Andrei Kolmogorov (1903-1987), Soviet mathematician. Kolmogorov is widely considered one of the most prominent mathematicians of the 20th century

Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891), Russian mathematician. Kovalevskaya was the first female member of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Kurchatov and colleagues, Leningrad, 1925
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (1903-1960, right), Soviet nuclear physicist, talking to colleagues at the Leningrad Physical-Technical Institute, Leningrad, Russia

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, Soviet engineer

The Russian physicist, Peter Kapitza
Peter Kapitza, the Russian physicist, born Kronshtadt on July 8 1894. Kapitza graduated from the Petrograd Polytechnic Institute in 1919 & in 1921 went to work under Lord Rutherford at the Cavendish

Ernst Kummer, caricature C015 / 6704
Ernst Kummer (1810-1893). Caricature of the German mathematician Ernst Eduard Kummer. Kummer trained German army officers in ballistics

Johannes Kepler, caricature
Johannes Kepler. Caricature of the German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), holding a model of a cube to represent his theories of the planetary orbits

Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer C018 / 7016
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594). 1870 engraving of the Flemish cartographer, philosopher and mathematician Gerardus Mercator, measuring a globe with a pair of dividers

Hermann Kolbe, German chemist C018 / 7110
Hermann Kolbe (1818-1884). 1889 engraving of the German organic chemist Adolf Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe. Kolbe was an inspirational teacher and a talented researcher

Tereshkova and Korolyov C014 / 0749
Tereshkova and Korolyov. Soviet cosmonaut and first woman in space, Valentina Vladimironva Tereshkova (b.1937) talking to the Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov

Soviet scientists. Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov (1907-1966, second from left) with other Soviet scientists studying reactive movement

Sergey Korolyov, Soviet rocket engineer C013 / 4873
Sergey Korolyov (1907-1966). Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov speaking before the launch of a Voskhod spacecraft

Soviet physicists C013 / 4866
Soviet physicists. Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (1894-1984, right) and Lev Artsimovich (1909-1973, left) in the back of a car. Artsimovich worked in the fields of nuclear fusion and plasma physics

Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist C013 / 5385
Pyotr Kapitsa (1894-1984). Portrait of the Russian physicist and Nobel laureate Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa. Kapitsa worked in England until 1934 when, on a visit back to the USSR

Koan-kong, Chinese god of riches. He is surrounded by four figures and has a casket of treasure at his feet. Artwork from Recherche sur les Superstitions en Chine (Henri Dore, 1914 edition)

Pelageya Kochina, Russian mathematician
Pelageya Yakovlevna Polubarinova-Kochina (1899- 1999), Russian mathematician and scientist. Polubarinova-Kochina worked on the mathematics of hydrodynamics (fluid mechanics)

Laurens Janszoon Coster, Dutch printer
Laurens Janszoon Coster (c.1370-c.1440), Dutch printer, with a printing clamp and printed pages. Coster was a citizen of Haarlem, in the Netherlands, and held the position of sexton (Koster)

Vladimir Kotelnikov, Soviet engineer
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov (1908-2005), Soviet engineer. Kotelnikov, a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, specialized in radio technology and information theory

Nikolay Kamov, Soviet helicopter designer
Nikolay Ilyich Kamov (1902-1973), Soviet helicopter designer. Kamov built his first autogyro in 1929, a breakthrough that led to his later helicopter designs

Johannes Kepler monument, Austria. Bust of the German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), besides a monument illustrating Keplers three laws of planetary motion

Boris Kukarkin, Soviet astrophysicist
Boris Vasilyevich Kukarkin (1909-1977), Soviet astrophysicist and astronomer, operating a calculating machine. Kukarkin, who worked for most of his career at Moscow University

Boris Kadomtsev, Soviet nuclear physicist
Boris Borisovich Kadomtsev (1928-1998), Soviet nuclear physicist, talking with a colleague (not seen). Kadomtsev was a pioneer in nuclear fusion research

Oleg Krokhin, Soviet physicist
Oleg Nikolayevich Krokhin (born 1932), Soviet physicist, giving a lecture. Krokhin was one the designers of the quantum generator, and worked with the Nobel laureate Basov on lasers

Yulii Khariton, Soviet nuclear physicist
Yulii Borisovich Khariton (1904-1996), Soviet nuclear physicist. Khariton, who studied under Ernest Rutherford as a student, was the chief designer of the Soviet atomic bomb

Mstislav Keldysh, Soviet physicist
Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (1911-1978), Soviet physicist and mathematician. Keldysh spent the inter-war years working on better aerodynamical models for aircraft

A. Kovalevsky, Russian embryologist
Alexander Onufrievich Kovalevsky (1840-1901), Russian embryologist and zoologist. Kovalevsky studied in Germany and then St Petersburg, Russia

Alexander Karpinsky, Soviet geologist
Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky (1847-1936), Soviet geologist and mineralogist. Karpinsky completed the first geological map of European Russia. Many geographical features are named in his honour

Nikolai Kurnakov, Soviet chemist
Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov (1860-1941), Soviet inorganic chemist and industrialist. Kurnakovs most famous discovery was a reaction used to distinguish between optical isomers of platinum compounds

Igor Kurchatov, Soviet nuclear physicist
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (1903-1960), Soviet nuclear physicist. In the 1930s, Kurchatov supervised the construction of what was then the worlds largest cyclotron particle accelerator

Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist

Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut

Clarence King, US geologist
Clarence King (1842-1908), American explorer and geologist. King graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University

Leonid Kantorovich, Soviet economist
Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich (1912-1986), Soviet economist and Nobel laureate. Kantorovich was a mathematician who worked for the Soviet government

Wolfgang Ketterle (born 1957), German physicist, in his laboratory. He received the 2001 Nobel Prize for Physics, along with two others, for his work on Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs)

Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (1894-1984), Russian physicist and Nobel laureate, wearing his Hero of Socialist Labor medal. Kapitsa was born and educated in Russia

Monument to Kepler

Engraving of Johann Kepler, German astronomer

Bogolyubov and Keldysh, Soviet scientists
Soviet science administrators Keldysh (right) and Bogolyubov (left) attending the fifth session of one of the Supreme Soviets of the USSR in Moscow, Russia, on 18 December 1972

Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler (left, 1571-1630), German astronomer, and Tycho Brahe (right, 1546-1601), Danish astronomer, discussing planetary observations

Soviet North Pole-1 station crew, 1939
Soviet North Pole-1 station crew members. Seated at left is Ivan Papanin (1894-1986), expedition leader and Arctic explorer. Seated at centre is Ernst Krenkel (1903-1971), radio operator

Korolev and Sheremetyev, Soviet engineers
Sergey Pavlovich Korolev (left, 1907-1966), and Boris Sheremetyev, Soviet rocket engineers. Korolev, who had worked on rockets in the 1930s

Soviet engineers and physicists, 1954
Soviet engineers and physicists. From left to right: Vasily Mishin (1917-2001), rocket engineer; Mstislav Keldysh (1911-1978), mathematician; Igor Kurchatov (1903-1960)

Ilyushin and Kokkinaki, aviation pioneers
Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin (left, 1894-1977), Soviet aviation engineer, and Vladimir Konstantinovich Kokkinaki (right, 1904-1985), Soviet test pilot

Koch and tuberculosis, 19th century
Koch and tuberculosis research. The German bacteriologist Robert Koch (1843-1910) is considered one of the founders of modern medical bacteriology

Johannes Kepler monument, Germany
Monument to the German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). Kepler lived and worked as a mathematics teacher in Graz, Austria between 1594 and 1600

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"Surname K: A Legacy of Brilliance and Innovation" From the genius mind of Mikhail Kalashnikov, who revolutionized warfare with his iconic AK-47 rifle, to the mathematical prowess of Andrei Kolmogorov and Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian surnames beginning with 'K' have left an indelible mark on history. The scientific realm was further enriched by Kapitsa and Androv, two Russian physicists whose groundbreaking contributions propelled our understanding of the physical world. Their work paved the way for future discoveries in this captivating field. Immanuel Kant's caricature reminds us of his profound philosophical ideas that continue to shape our perception of reality. His intellectual legacy remains a guiding light for scholars across various disciplines. In 1925, Kurchatov and his colleagues gathered in Leningrad to exchange knowledge and push boundaries in their respective fields. This meeting became a catalyst for scientific progress that would benefit humanity for generations to come. Sergei Pavlovich Korolev emerged as a visionary Soviet engineer who spearheaded advancements in aerospace technology. His relentless pursuit led to remarkable achievements like Yuri Gagarin's historic journey into space. Another Sergei Korolev made significant strides as a rocket scientist, propelling mankind towards new frontiers beyond Earth's atmosphere. His innovative designs laid the foundation for modern space exploration. Vladimir Komarov fearlessly ventured into outer space as a Soviet cosmonaut but tragically lost his life during re-entry. He will always be remembered as one who dared to explore uncharted territories on behalf of all humankind. Ernst Kummer's caricature humorously captures his mathematical brilliance that influenced algebraic theories still studied today. The impact he had on mathematics cannot be overstated. Johannes Kepler's caricature serves as a tribute to his astronomical breakthroughs that transformed our understanding of planetary motion. His laws remain fundamental pillars in astrophysics.