Vitaly Vygodsky

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Vitaly Solomonovich Vygodsky, (December 23, 1928 - May 8, 1998) was a Russian political economist and Marxologist, with skills in theoretical mathematics and physics. He studied three years at the physics department of Moscow State University, before he realized that physics was not his vocation, and he joined the department of political economy at Moscow State Economics Institute in 1950. His research included the genesis of the economic studies of Karl Marx, the history of the creation of Das Kapital, and surplus value. In 1972, he became a Doctor of economic sciences, and he was awarded the title of Honored Worker of Science.

=CC Sapiens= During the early 90s, Vitaly Vygodsky was collaborator of Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Vladimirov and Evgeniĭ Dmitrievich Cherevik in working on Chess Computer Sapiens and its economic counterpart Economical Computer Sapiens.

=Selected Publications=
 * Vitaly Vygodsky (1965, 1973). The Story of a Great Discovery - How Karl Marx wrote "Capital". Verlag Die Wirtschaft, first published (1965). Istorii a odnogo velikogo otkrytii a K Marksa: k sozdanii u "Kapitala". Moskva Mysl
 * Vitaly Vygodsky (1975). The Everlasting Signficance of Marx's Capital. Novosti Press Agency Publishing House
 * Vitaly Vygodsky, Valeria Kunina (1988). Marx on the Proletariat's Economic Struggle in Capitalist Countries. The International Working-Class Movement, Series 1, Nauka Moscow
 * Mikhail Botvinnik, Evgeniĭ Dmitrievich Cherevik, Vasily Vladimirov, Vitaly Vygodsky (1994). Solving Shannon's Problem: Ways and Means. Advances in Computer Chess 7

=External Links=
 * Vitaly Vygodsky Internet Archive
 * Vitaly Vygodsky - Surplus Value

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