On the 75th anniversary of publication of first geophysical manual „a brief course of applied geophysics”: fate of the book and of its author, V.A. Selskiy
In 1938, first geophysical manual „A brief course of applied geophysics” was published in the USSR. V.A. Selskiy was indicated as the author. Despite a high scientific level of its contents the book was never referred to in later geophysical publications. It can’t be found in libraries and is not known to geophysicists. The book was not even mentioned in the V.A. Selskiy’s obituary, which contained a list of his publications. The book’s oblivion and the ambiguity regarding its author induced the current investigation. It has been found out that a later fate of V.A.