Evgeny Velikhov, one of the Soviet Union’s greatest physicists, sits at his desk in a villa on the outskirts of Moscow, surrounded by the trappings of a 50-year career in science – books on non linear diffraction and ionised plasmas.
But the elderly Mr Velikhov has his mind on something else: an Apple iPad, which he has just been given as a present. He thinks it is a good example of what needs to happen in Russia.
