In this book, Dr. Soyfer, a former Soviet scientist who had met Lysenko, documents the destruction of science and scientists under the influence of Lysenko. Contrary to numerous opinions, Lysenko was an poorly educated agronomist who happened to have been in the right place at the right time: In the '30s, "Pravda" wrote him up as a pioneering scientist. Recognizing that newspapers and popular support could fuel his rise to the top of Soviet society, he set about making a name for himself as a scientist in non-academic ...
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In this book, Dr. Soyfer, a former Soviet scientist who had met Lysenko, documents the destruction of science and scientists under the influence of Lysenko. Contrary to numerous opinions, Lysenko was an poorly educated agronomist who happened to have been in the right place at the right time: In the '30s, "Pravda" wrote him up as a pioneering scientist. Recognizing that newspapers and popular support could fuel his rise to the top of Soviet society, he set about making a name for himself as a scientist in non-academic journals and periodicals. His peasant upbringing and miraculous findings--never empirically proven or duplicated--made him a star proletarian scientist, the kind needed to bring about true Communism. Along his way to the top, he was assisted by many people who thought him a sincere, but ill preparted, scientist; he later had many of these people purged after gaining the almost total support of Stalin and Khrushchev. His grand claims of producing superior cattle and wheat, among other things, consistently failed, yet no one dared oppose or even question his policies. Whether to propel himself upward, bring down the academics he apparently detested, or protect himself and his "science", Lysenko nearly eliminated all serious work in genetics, agriculture, and biology from the '30s into the '60s. Numerous scientists were exiled, fired, or executed during his reign as the people's scientist; according to the author, the effects still linger in Russia. An amazing story of how, when politics decrees what science is acceptable and how it is going to work in the political paradigm, the results can be tragic.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 379 p. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 93039566 Type of material Book Personal name Soi?fer, Valerii?. Main title Lysenko and the tragedy of Soviet science / Valery N. Soyfer; translated from the Russian by Leo Gruliow and Rebecca Gruliow. Published/Created New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1994. Description xxiv, 379 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 0813520878 LC classification Q127. R9 S65 1994 Subjects Lysenko, Trofim, 1898-1976. Science and state--Russia (Federation)--History. Political purges--Russia (Federation)--History. Genetics--Russia (Federation)--History. Geneticists--Russia (Federation) Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-358) and indexes. Dewey class no. 575.1/0947 Language code eng rus Geographic area code e-ur---
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Very good+ in Very good+ jacket. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has mild wear to edges of boards and spine, binding tight, previous seller's small sticker to front pastedown, text clean and unmarked with pages 165-222 having mild creasing and wear to corners and foredge, does not affect text. DJ gently rubbed, toned and edgeworn.
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VG in VG to VG- jacket. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear; couple small creases/chips/closed tears at corners; a little yellowing. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; some yellowing; overall clean & tight. 379 pages.
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