Svetozar "Toza" Popovic figured that he had slipped into obscurity in Belgrade, where he did pioneering work in physics decades ago. But the research professor in the Old à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Physics was informed a few weeks ago that the Institute of Physics in Belgrade wants to set the record straight.
Since Popovic last worked at the institute - he came to the United States in 1990 - Belgrade has seen a lot of turmoil. The breakup of Yugoslavia, leaving Belgrade as the capital of Serbia, à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã depravation and periods of armed conflict created impossible conditions at the institute. "With our country and our systems falling apart, in the process they lost a lot of projects," he said. "They had three or four directors..."
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