Abstract:
Sergei Konstantinovich Godunov was born on July 17, 1929, in Moscow. In 1946, after completing an Air Force special school, he enrolled in the Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty at Moscow State University, where he received a solid mathematical foundation and excellent training. His mentors included prominent Soviet scientists and educators B.N. Delone and I.G. Petrovsky. In 1951, after graduating from Moscow State University, he joined the Computational Bureau of the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. From his very first days working in the Computational Bureau, and later in the Department of Applied Mathematics at MIAS, S.K. Godunov became an active member of a large group of scientists dedicated to addressing critical practical tasks in mathematical modeling and calculations across various nuclear physics processes. This marked the beginning of his unwavering dedication to science, which continued for more than 70 years.
