Hristo Smolenov is a Bulgarian scientist, logician and antiterrorism expert, born 1954 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In 2007 was revealed as associated with the communist secret services.[1]
Hristo Smolenov | |
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 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hristo Smolenov | |
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Logics |
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| Website | smolenov |
Academic career edit
After graduating from the Moscow State University he became a guest professor at the University of Montreal and at the Catholic University of America in Washington. He is an associate professor at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.[2][3] As a specialist in logic and methodology of science he has long been involved in creative solutions in non-standard situations.
Books and publications edit
- Codes in Space, 2016
- Zagora - Varna - the hidden super-culture, 2012
- The Lost Aurolithic Civilization? Codes from a Black Sea Atlantis, 2010
- Self-Producing Terror, 2005
- The Market Life of Global Terrorism, 2004
- The Cannibals Paradox: Global Terrorism and Hyper-Capital, 2003
- Struktur und Dynamik wissenschaftlicher Theorien: Beiträge zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie aus der bulgarischen Forschung, 1990[4]
- Zeno's paradoxes and temporal becoming in dialectical atomism, 1984[5]
- Truthfulness and non-trivial contradiction, 1984[6]
Political career edit
Smolenov initiated the creation of Independent Society of Ecoglasnost in 1988,[7] which later became a founding member of the umbrella opposition movement Union of Democratic Forces. Between 1995-1997 he was the Parliamentary Secretary of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense. In 1999 Smolenov was elected for MP in the 38th Bulgarian National Assembly.[8]
Awards and achievements edit
In 2017 Smolenov was honored with the title Honorary Professor of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy.[9]
References edit
- ^ ""Агенти на ДС продължават да извират от парламента", "Млади учени се "обесиха" заради липсата на пари"". 5 September 2007.
- ^ About Hristo Smolenov
- ^ "Terrorism has made European society sick". www.europost.bg. Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
- ^ Poser, Hans (1990-03-01). "Struktur und Dynamik wissenschaftlicher Theorien: Beiträge zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Wissenschaftstheorie aus der bulgarischen Forschung . Christfried Tögel , Hristo Smolenov , Anguel Stefanov". Isis. 81 (1): 154–155. doi:10.1086/355322. ISSN 0021-1753.
- ^ Smolenov, Hristo (1984). "Zeno's Paradoxes and Temporal Becoming in Dialectical Atomism". Studia Logica. 43 (1–2): 169–180. doi:10.1007/BF00935748. S2CID 122988299.
- ^ Smolenov, Hristo (1984). "Truthfulness and Non-Trivial Contradiction". Bulletin of the Section of Logic. 13 (3): 144–150.
- ^ OMDA. "Smolenov biography (Bulgarian)". old.omda.bg. Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
- ^ "Bulgarian National Assembly results". www.online.bg. Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
- ^ "Honorary Professor award (in Bulgarian)". Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2018-01-01.