In the 1950s, Viktor Safronov, a young Soviet mathematician, was tasked with solving the problem of how the solar system's planets were formed. A decade later he had the answer — but it was largely ignored until an American graduate student passed Safronov's ideas on to NASA.

'Modest, humble, and uncommonly smart': How a Soviet mathematician quietly solved the mystery of planet formation

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