Science in Russia and the Soviet Union A Short History

Name: Science in Russia and the Soviet Union A Short History
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ISBN: 9780521287890

ISBN-10: 0521287898

ISBN-13: 9780521287890

Edition: 1993

Authors: Loren R. Graham, George Basalla, Owen Hannaway

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Although by the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment became the largest in the world, little is known about it in the West. Loren Graham presents the first concise, modern history of science in Russia, the Soviet Union, and the commonwealth of Independent States. Thoroughly up to date, the volume covers the Czarist period, the impact of the Russian Revolution, the relationship between science and Soviet society, the strengths of various scientific disciplines, and the effect of the fall of Communism.

Book details

List price: $33.99
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/25/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.83" wide x 8.90" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Illustrations


Introduction



The Tsarist Period



Russian science before 1800



Science in nineteenth-century Russia



Russian intellectuals and Darwinism



Russian Science and a Marxist Revolution



The Russian Revolution and the scientific community



The role of dialectical materialism: the authentic phase



Stalinist ideology and the Lysenko affair



Science and Soviet Society



Soviet attitudes towards the social and historical society



Knowledge and power in Russian and Soviet science



The organizational features and Soviet science


Conclusion


Appendices


Notes


Bibliographical essay


Index