02939nam 2200673 a 450 991096192960332120230124190209.09786613058300978128305830812830583089780226410326022641032310.7208/9780226410326(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(Perlego)1840545(EXLCZ)99267000000006776919860508e19861970 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe Lysenko affair /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).9780226410319 0226410315 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --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 UnionAgriculture and stateScience and state338.1/847Joravsky David48057MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961929603321Lysenko Affair355143UNINA