The Lysenko affair [[electronic resource] /] / David Joravsky

• Autore: Joravsky David
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1986
• Edizione: University of Chicago Press ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (474 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.1/847
• Soggetto topico: Agriculture and state - Soviet Union; Science and state - Soviet Union
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1970 (Russian Research Center studies ; 61).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Lysenko Affair
• ISBN: 1-283-05830-8; 9786613058300; 0-226-41032-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459688203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II