M. : Science World, 2013. 536 s. The book is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Alexander Iosifovich Popov, One of the leading permafrost experts , Cryolithology - the science of zones of sustainable cooling of the Earth and natural processes , And they are in ,...................................... and at the same time made a great contribution to the science of Quaternary geology and palaeogeography of the North . The book contains his selected works, in which he first expressed the fundamental, fundamental ideas and developments that now lie at the heart of cryolithology and permafrostology. It is told about the family of Alexander Iosifovich, in which he grew up, his character, scientific growth and becoming as a scientist. Set out