Irina Lvovna Radunskaya’s new book about outstanding Russian scientists who worked in the era of “sturm and stress” in physics: Sakharov, Prokhorov, Basov, Mandelstam, Cherenkov... It was they who reaped the harvest of intellectual activity of all previous generations. But they stood on the shoulders of giants - from Aristotle, Archimedes to Newton, Rayleigh and others, who are also discussed in the book. A lively, dynamic presentation, covering a huge range of information - from ancient times to the present day, this is what can attract a young reader to it. I. Radunskaya’s new book includes articles published in different years in popular science magazines. In 2016, the book awarded a diploma from the Association of Book Publishers ASKI in the nomination "Best publication in natural sciences, technology, medicine"