"Forgotten Names": Stepan Tymoshenko

1993, Ukrainian television. The programme ‘Forgotten Names. Stepan Timoshenko. The Genius of Strength’ is dedicated to the Ukrainian and American mechanical engineer.

The video features: opening credits, objects built thanks to Stepan Timoshenko's calculations: the Kyiv TV Tower, the Paton Bridge, the roof of the Ukraine Palace; archival photographs, video from the United States.

Comments: President of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Boris Paton; Doctor of Technical Sciences Mykhailo Harf; Minister of Education of Ukraine Petro Talanchuk; Academician Heorhii Pysarenko; Associate Professor M. Makhnovskyi.

Reference: Stepan Prokopovich Timoshenko (1878–1972) — Ukrainian and American scientist and engineer, one of the founders of modern theoretical mechanics and strength of materials. He worked in Kyiv, St. Petersburg, Yugoslavia, and the United States, where he gained worldwide recognition as the ‘father of modern mechanics.’ He is the author of classic textbooks and scientific works that have become the basis of engineering education around the world.