Dr. Abram Joffe, the world-famous Russiain-Jewish scientist, will be one of the five Russian scientists who will attempt a flight to the stratosphere from Russian soil next month.
In a specially-designed and constructed balloon, which, with all the scientific equipment which will be used on the flight for observatory purposes, is exclusively of Soviet material and manufacture, the party will seek to rise above the record set by Professor Piccard, Swiss scientist, and to remain in the stratosphere for twelve hours.
Dr. Joffe is the founder and director of the Leningrad Physico-Technical Polytechnic Institute. His scientific works in the fields of physics, and particularly his research in the mechanical and electrical properties of crystals, have won him wide re-known.
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