Defeat

The plot centers on the fate of two young physicists involved in the problems of atmospheric electricity and the study of thunderstorm phenomena. Both of them are students of Professor Dankevich, a talented, straightforward, incorruptible man who does not deviate from his principles. Dankevich tried to convey this irreconcilability in the struggle for honesty in science to young scientists. And one of them, Sergei Krylov, justified the professor’s hopes by continuing his work...