Nikolay Neprimerov
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Nikolay Neprimerov (1 May 1921 – 11 January 2017) was a
Biography
Nikolay N. Neprimerov (Preobrazhensky) was born on 1 May 1921 in the village of Annovka (Voronezh Region, Russia) to a forest ranger and a schoolteacher. In 1926, his family moved to Kazan. After graduating from School No. 83 with honours in 1939, N. Neprimerov was called up for military service. He was an aircraft technician until 1946, having served four years on the front line. Awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals.
In 1946, he became a student at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Kazan State University to remain there for all his life. He received individual scholarship and graduated from the University in 1951 with honours, continued his studies as a postgraduate under Associate Professor S.A. Altschuler, defended his PhD thesis (1954) and became
In those years, he developed his own approach to
In 1955, Neprimerov became the first in the history of the Kazan State University to be awarded a contract with the Tatneft Petroleum Company.
Then, Neprimerov started integrated, in-depth studies of transfer processes in porous media, phase transitions in oil and thermal, hydrodynamic and physicochemical development of oil and gas fields. He analysed thermal and mineral water fields and the Earth's thermal regime for a deeper understanding of the processes in the Earth's interior. By the early 1980s, the data acquired from more than 250 fields employing unique instruments and basic research allowed Neprimerov to create a new technology for the optimal development of oil reservoirs based on an in-depth understanding of fluid displacement in deformed porous media. This technology – increasing production rates and oil recovery while significantly reducing production costs – was the basis for additional development projects designed for the Aznakaevskaya, East Leninogorskaya, Shugurovskaya and Berezovskaya areas of the Romashkino oil field of Tatarstan (Russia).
In 1978, Neprimerov created a new faculty at the Kazan State University for retraining oil personnel. More than 200 specialists from all over Russia graduated from this faculty over 10 years.
In 1988, the Laboratory of Physical Dynamics of Heterogeneous Media was created at the Department of Radioelectronics, and Neprimerov became its Chief Researcher after retiring from the position of Head of Department in 1992. Nikolay Neprimerov is a three-time winner of KSU's First Prize for the best research work (1957, 1962 and 1993).
Along with active research, Neprimerov worked to improve the theory and practice of teaching. About 650 students graduated from the Department of Radioelectronics in the specialisation created by Nikolay Neprimerov. He also gave public scientific lectures on Sundays at the Kazan University attracting huge audiences.
During his long life, Nikolay Neprimerov was a member of numerous
Neprimerov was married to Galina Anatolievna Neprimerova since 1959.
Neprimerov died on 11 January 2017, aged 95.[3][4]
Scientific works
Man of science
Nikolay N. Neprimerov started his scientific life more than 60 years ago, in 1946, at the Kazan University. He graduated from the University in 1951, received a PhD degree in 1954 and became Doctor of Technical Sciences in 1963.
Nikolay Neprimerov is one of those legendary scientists who revived the science and technology in Russia after the Second World War.
Neprimerov's contribution to science for over 60 years at the Kazan State University has always been based on his principal philosophy: there must be indissoluble connection between life and science and between basic research and industry. From his first research projects, Neprimerov proved to be an outstanding experimental physicist and field man.
His expeditions covered vast areas from
Nikolay Neprimerov considers physics to be much more than a combination of its subdisciplines, Thanks to this approach, his contribution to world science is multifaceted and diverse, and includes
1. The Programme of Social Inheritance as a knowledge framework to be passed on to new generations, described in the books The Universe (1992) and Natural Science (2000).
2. A physical model of the discrete medium based on five particle properties: mass, size, charge and mechanical and
Neprimerov was an
Along with research and outreach activities, Neprimerov worked to improve the theory and practice of teaching. About 650 students graduated from the Department of Radioelectronics in the specialisation created by Nikolay Neprimerov. He also gave public scientific lectures on Sundays at the Kazan University attracting huge audiences.
Neprimerov created a multifaceted, informal scientific school actively working in various research and industry-related domains. His popular inter-faculty scientific workshops attracted scientists from all departments of the Kazan University and numerous institutions of Russia and other countries.
Fundamental science
Neprimerov's research in various sciences –
Neprimerov analysed structural features and properties of
These books cover the basics of a wide range of university sciences, such as microdynamics,
Vision
Neprimerov was deeply convinced that the scientific paradigm of the 21st century will be represented by a systematic approach, invariants and the discrete model of the environment. Based on his five-decade career, Neprimerov believes that this century will be the century of matter and that the development of science will be governed by the following 3 factors:
1. Replacement of the conventional
2. The systematic approach to the structure of the Universe with regard to the hierarchical jump of the particle size during the transition from one system to another and the appearance of a fundamentally new quality.
3. Invariants, which are detected not only through the laws that govern events, processes and phenomena but also through the wider generalisation of laws covering various disciplines.
Neprimerov assumes that several such invariants can possibly exist:
1) The systematic hierarchical principle of the evolution of matter in time.
2) The universal law of mass transfer under a particle concentration gradient and an associated pulse of perturbation transport and energy dissipation.
3) A ratio, which quantitatively determines the new quality in the transformation of systems.
For the 21st century, Neprimerov predicts the rough determination of biological interaction mechanisms and the circuits of generation and circulation of thoughts in the neural network of the brain cortex.
References
- ^ "TGT is a category leader in through-barrier diagnostics for the oilfield".
- ^ ru:Премия Правительства Российской Федерации в области науки и техники
- ^ "Скончался профессор Непримеров Николай Николаевич". kpfu.ru (in Russian). 11 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ "11 января 2017г. на 96-м году ушел из жизни Николай Николаевич Непримеров". Информационное агентство МАНГАЗЕЯ (in Russian). 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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