About the book: 1980 / The book of the famous Soviet writer is dedicated to the participation of Leningrad, Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk scientists in the development of the productive forces of Siberia. Showing science “in working clothes,” the author leads the reader from the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station dam to the Hydroproject branch, from the coal mine of the Kansko-Achinsk complex to the Institute of Heat Engineering, from the workshops of factories processing Angara pine in the young city of Lesosibirsk to the academic Institute of Forestry and wood.