02901nam 2200637 a 450 991045968820332120200520144314.01-283-05830-897866130583000-226-41032-310.7208/9780226410326(CKB)2670000000067769(EBL)648137(OCoLC)699510061(SSID)ssj0000471030(PQKBManifestationID)11347145(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471030(PQKBWorkID)10417013(PQKB)11233147(MiAaPQ)EBC648137(DE-B1597)535719(OCoLC)743397554(DE-B1597)9780226410326(Au-PeEL)EBL648137(CaPaEBR)ebr10442158(CaONFJC)MIL305830(EXLCZ)99267000000006776919860508e19861970 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Lysenko affair[electronic resource] /David JoravskyUniversity of Chicago Press ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press19861 online resource (474 p.)Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1970 (Russian Research Center studies ; 61).0-226-41031-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Soviet Ideology as a Problem -- 2. A Crisis of Faith in Science -- 3. Harmless Cranks -- 4. Raising Stalin's Hand -- 5. Stalinist Self-Defeat, 1936-1950 -- 6. Self-Conquest, 1950-1965 -- 7. Academic Issues: Science -- 8. Academic Issues: Marxism -- 9. The Criterion of Practice -- 10. Ideologies and Realities -- Appendix A. Repressed Specialists -- Appendix B. For Kremlinologists -- Bibliography -- Notes -- IndexThe 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 ReviewAgriculture and stateSoviet UnionScience and stateSoviet UnionElectronic books.Agriculture and stateScience and state338.1/847Joravsky David48057MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459688203321Lysenko Affair355143UNINA