Stalin and the Scientists
eBook - ePub

Stalin and the Scientists

A History of Triumph and Tragedy 1905โ€“1953

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eBook - ePub

Stalin and the Scientists

A History of Triumph and Tragedy 1905โ€“1953

About this book

An epic story of courage, genius and terrible folly, this is the first history of how the Soviet Union's scientists became both the glory and the laughing stock of the intellectual world.

Simon Ings weaves together what happened when a handful of impoverished and underemployed graduates, professors and entrepreneurs, collectors and charlatans, bound themselves to a failing government to create a world superpower. And he shows how Stalin's obsessions derailed a great experiment in 'rational government'.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9780571290093
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Preface
  8. Prologue: Fuses (1856โ€“1905)
  9. Part One: Control (1905โ€“1929)
  10. Part Two: Power (1929โ€“1941)
  11. Part Three: Dominion (1941โ€“1953)
  12. Epilogue: Spoil
  13. Acknowledgements
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
  16. About the Author
  17. Also by the Author
  18. Copyright