For ten points, name this unethical Russian scientist, the leader of the University faction in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
Books by this character include Now We Are Alone, The Feedback Principle, and For I have Tasted the Fruit. This character refuses to let the UN Security council search his private residence for evidence of weapons based on Retroviral Engineering. This character is depicted wearing glasses with one green lens and one red lens, and he is first heard explaining that the universe regresses infinitely towards smaller and smaller units. This figure starts out with a free network node in every one of his bases, which include Zoloty Gold and Akademgorodok and are white-colored. For ten points, name this unethical Russian scientist, the leader of the University faction in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
Books by this character include Now We Are Alone, The Feedback Principle, and For I have Tasted the Fruit.
{Provost Zakharov} [accept: {Prokhor Zahkarov}; {Academician Zakharov}]