In 1948, the indigent rural school physics teacher Lopatkin invented a revolutionary method of manufacturing double-layer pipes for the chemical industry. Attempting to introduce a scientific invention into mass production, he encountered the hostility of branch bureaucrats, led by the director of the pipe factory, Drozdov, and took a principled technical position.
In 1948, the indigent rural school physics teacher Lopatkin invented a revolutionary method of manufacturing double-layer pipes for the chemical industry. Attempting to introduce a scientific invention into mass production, he encountered the hostility of branch bureaucrats, led by the director of the pipe factory, Drozdov, and took a principled technical position.