The Lysenko Affair
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The Lysenko Affair

  1. 474 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Lysenko Affair

About this book

The Lysenko affair was perhaps the most bizarre chapter in the history of modern science. For thirty years, until 1965, Soviet genetics was dominated by a fanatical agronomist who achieved dictatorial power over genetics and plant science as well as agronomy.

"A standard source both for Soviet specialists and for sociologists of science."—American Journal of Sociology

"Joravsky has produced . . . the most detailed and authoritative treatment of Lysenko and his view on genetics."—New York Times Book Review

Information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780226410319
eBook ISBN
9780226410326
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Business General
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1. Soviet Ideology as a Problem
  4. 2. A Crisis of Faith in Science
  5. 3. Harmless Cranks
  6. 4. Raising Stalin's Hand
  7. 5. Stalinist Self-Defeat, 1936-1950
  8. 6. Self-Conquest, 1950-1965
  9. 7. Academic Issues: Science
  10. 8. Academic Issues: Marxism
  11. 9. The Criterion of Practice
  12. 10. Ideologies and Realities
  13. Appendix A: Repressed Specialists
  14. Appendix B: For the Kremlinologists
  15. Bibliography
  16. Notes
  17. Index

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