# Freedom in the Equation Exhibition ![Freedom in the Equation Exhibition](/sites/g/files/omnuum4931/files/styles/hwp_5_4__480x385/public/2025-02/Untitled-1.png?h=016b3b37&itok=SH20p0qG) #### calendar\_today Date and Time **February 10 - April 10, 2025** All day #### pin\_drop Location **Harvard Science Center** [1 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02140 United States ]() #### **“Freedom in the equation”: an exhibition dedicated to repressed and murdered Ukrainian scientists opens at Harvard Science Centre.** #### **On view from February 10 to April 10.** To make a groundbreaking discovery and earn a Nobel Prize, one needs talent, persistence, a bit of luck, and a willingness to challenge the status quo. One also requires resources: laboratories, telescopes, specimens, and computers. But perhaps most essential is the freedom to explore. The heroes of the exhibition, ***presented on the Art Wall at the Harvard Science Centre***, are scientists from Ukraine, who had all the qualities needed for a Nobel Prize. While success is never guaranteed, they were talented, persistent, and brilliant. Yet, years of suppression — from Soviet-era repressions to Russia’s invasion of independent Ukraine — prevented them from realizing their full potential. The exhibition shares the stories of 10 scientists whose work was abruptly cut short. Their portraits, created by ***Niklas Elmehed, the official artist of the Nobel Prize***, could have been celebrated under different circumstances. Among the featured names: – Hryhoriy Levytskyi, cytogeneticist and botanist – Valentyna Radzymovska, biologist – Volodymyr Pravdych-Neminskyi, neurophysiologist – Mykhailo Kravchuk, teacher of Serhiy Korolyov, scientist and engineer in the field of rocketry and astronautics – Lev Shubnikov, low-temperature physicist – Volodymyr Kolkunov, agronomist and plant breeder – Hanna Zakrevska, geologist – Bijan Sharapov, biologist, science popularizer – Vasyl Kladko, physicist – Lyudmyla Shevtsova, biologist The exhibition’s text was prepared by Olesia Pavlyshyn, editor-in-chief at the Ukrainian popular science media *Kunsht*, in collaboration with the online platform “MyScience.ua” and the project “Ukrainian Scientists at War”. The ten featured scientists were selected by Oleksii Boldyrev, a molecular biologist and founder of “MyScience.ua”, and Krystyna Semeryn, a literary scholar and publicist. The purpose of this exhibition is to highlight Ukraine’s lost scientific potential due to Russia’s genocidal wars while also shedding light on the contributions of Ukrainian scientists to global science that have long remained overlooked. The organizers express their gratitude to the families of Bijan Sharapov, Vasyl Kladko, and Lyudmyla Shevtsova for their permission to include these scientists in the exhibition. The Freedom in the Equation Exhibition is part of the [Science at Risk project](https://scienceatrisk.org), supported by the popular science media [*Kunsht*](https://kunsht.com.ua/) and [ZMIN Foundation](https://www.zmin.foundation/eng/home-eng), [the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University](https://www.huri.harvard.edu/), in collaboration with MyScience.ua, Ukrainian Scientists at War. See also:- [ Co-Sponsored Event ](/event-type/co-sponsored-event) - [ Contemporary Ukraine ](/fields-expertise/contemporary-ukraine) - [ Russia-Ukraine War ](/fields-expertise/russia-ukraine-war) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://www.huri.harvard.edu/node/1618046/event-feed.ics) Copy link link