Science In Russia And The Soviet Union

Author : Loren R. Graham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521287898

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Science in Russia and the Soviet Union by Loren R. Graham Pdf

By the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment had become the largest in the world, but very little of its history was known in the West. What has been needed for many years in order to fill that gap in our knowledge is a history of Russian and Soviet science written for the educated person who would like to read one book on the subject. This book has been written for that reader. The history of Russian and Soviet science is a story of remarkable achievements and frustrating failures. That history is presented here in a comprehensive form, and explained in terms of its social and political context. Major sections include the tsarist period, the impact of the Russian Revolution, the relationship between science and Soviet society, and the strengths and weaknesses of individual scientific disciplines. The book also discusses the changes brought to science in Russia and other republics by the collapse of communism in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Author : Loren R. Graham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521245664

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Science in Russia and the Soviet Union by Loren R. Graham Pdf

By the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment had become the largest in the world, but very little of its history was known in the West. What has been needed for many years in order to fill that gap in our knowledge is a history of Russian and Soviet science written for the educated person who would like to read one book on the subject. This book has been written for that reader. The main theme of the book is the shaping of science and scientific institutions in Russia and the Soviet Union by social, economic, and political factors. Russian society and culture have been strikingly different from the society and culture of Western Europe, where modern science was born, and those differences have influenced not only the organizational and economic framework of Russian and Soviet science, but also the scientific theories themselves. The intellectual pathways of many areas of Russian and Soviet science are dissimilar from those in Western Europe and the United States. The history of Russian and Soviet science is a story of remarkable achievements and frustrating failures. That history is presented here in a comprehensive form, and explained in terms of its social and political context. Major sections include the tsarist period, the impact of the Russian Revolution, the relationship between science and Soviet society, and the strengths and weaknesses of individual scientific disciplines. The book also discusses the changes brought to science in Russia and other republics by the collapse of communism in the late 198Os and early 199Os.

Author : A. B. Kozhevnikov
Publisher : Imperial College Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 1860944191

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Stalin's Great Science by A. B. Kozhevnikov Pdf

World-class science and technology developed in the Soviet Union during Stalin's dictatorial rule under conditions of political violence, lack of international contacts, and severe restrictions on the freedom of information. Stalin's Great Science: The Times and Adventures of Soviet Physicists is an invaluable book that investigates this paradoxical success by following the lives and work of Soviet scientists ? including Nobel Prize-winning physicists Kapitza, Landau, and others ? throughout the turmoil of wars, revolutions, and repression that characterized the first half of Russia's twentieth century.The book examines how scientists operated within the Soviet political order, communicated with Stalinist politicians, built a new system of research institutions, and conducted groundbreaking research under extraordinary circumstances. Some of their novel scientific ideas and theories reflected the influence of Soviet ideology and worldview and have since become accepted universally as fundamental concepts of contemporary science. In the process of making sense of the achievements of Soviet science, the book dismantles standard assumptions about the interaction between science, politics, and ideology, as well as many dominant stereotypes ? mostly inherited from the Cold War ? about Soviet history in general. Science and technology were not only granted unprecedented importance in Soviet society, but they also exerted a crucial formative influence on the Soviet political system itself. Unlike most previous studies, Stalin's Great Science recognizes the status of science as an essential element of the Soviet polity and explores the nature of a special relationship between experts (scientists and engineers) and communist politicians that enabled the initial rise of the Soviet state and its mature accomplishments, until the pact eroded in later years, undermining the communist regime from within.

Author : Simon Ings
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780802189868

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Stalin and the Scientists by Simon Ings Pdf

“One of the finest, most gripping surveys of the history of Russian science in the twentieth century.” —Douglas Smith, author of Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy Stalin and the Scientists tells the story of the many gifted scientists who worked in Russia from the years leading up to the revolution through the death of the “Great Scientist” himself, Joseph Stalin. It weaves together the stories of scientists, politicians, and ideologues into an intimate and sometimes horrifying portrait of a state determined to remake the world. They often wreaked great harm. Stalin was himself an amateur botanist, and by falling under the sway of dangerous charlatans like Trofim Lysenko (who denied the existence of genes), and by relying on antiquated ideas of biology, he not only destroyed the lives of hundreds of brilliant scientists, he caused the death of millions through famine. But from atomic physics to management theory, and from radiation biology to neuroscience and psychology, these Soviet experts also made breakthroughs that forever changed agriculture, education, and medicine. A masterful book that deepens our understanding of Russian history, Stalin and the Scientists is a great achievement of research and storytelling, and a gripping look at what happens when science falls prey to politics. Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in 2016 A New York Times Book Review “Paperback Row” selection “Ings’s research is impressive and his exposition of the science is lucid . . . Filled with priceless nuggets and a cast of frauds, crackpots and tyrants, this is a lively and interesting book, and utterly relevant today.” —The New York Times Book Review “A must read for understanding how the ideas of scientific knowledge and technology were distorted and subverted for decades across the Soviet Union.” —The Washington Post

Author : Loren R. Graham
Publisher : Vintage Books USA
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081082575

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Science and Philosophy in the Soviet Union by Loren R. Graham Pdf

Author : Loren R. Graham,Irina Dezhina
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253219886

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Science in the New Russia by Loren R. Graham,Irina Dezhina Pdf

This analysis of Russian science shows how the Russian science establishment was one of the largest in the world boasting a world-leading space programme and Nobel prizes. However, when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 the financial supports for the community were eliminated resulting in a 'brain drain'.

Author : Loren R. Graham
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 0804729859

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What Have We Learned About Science and Technology from the Russian Experience? by Loren R. Graham Pdf

Describes the impact of Russian scientific research on science in the United States

Author : Hargittai Magdolna,Hargittai Istvan
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811203466

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Science In Moscow: Memorials Of A Research Empire by Hargittai Magdolna,Hargittai Istvan Pdf

Moscow is the center of science and higher education of Russia and is also an international hub of science. There have been milestone achievements of science in Russia (and the Soviet Union), especially in the areas of physics, chemistry, mathematics, the conquest of space, various technologies and medicine. However, the scientists and inventors often created in isolation and have become less known than their discoveries would justify. At the same time, there is no other city in the world that has so many memorials honoring scientists as Moscow. There is a caveat in that political considerations have often influenced who was remembered and who was not. This book presents statues, memorial plaques, and historical buildings. Not only celebrated excellences are mentioned, but also some of the greats that perished during the years of terror. The book is full of human drama and 750 photos illustrate the narrative. Science in Moscow follows Budapest Scientific and New York Scientific and is the third in the series about memorials of scientists in great cities of the world.

Author : American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015004823053

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Soviet Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science Pdf

Contains papers presented at symposium titled Soviet Science held in Philadelphia, December 27, 1951. Emphasis on factual reporting of status of Soviet science.

Author : Pey-Yi Chu
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487501938

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Life of Permafrost by Pey-Yi Chu Pdf

By tracing the English word permafrost back to its Russian roots, this unique intellectual history uncovers the multiple, contested meanings of permafrost as a scientific idea and environmental phenomenon.

Author : Dr. Vadim J. Birstein
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780786751860

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The Perversion Of Knowledge by Dr. Vadim J. Birstein Pdf

During the Soviet years, Russian science was touted as one of the greatest successes of the regime. Russian science was considered to be equal, if not superior, to that of the wealthy western nations. The Perversion of Knowledge, a history of Soviet science that focuses on its control by the KGB and the Communist Party, reveals the dark side of this glittering achievement. Based on the author’s firsthand experience as a Soviet scientist, and drawing on extensive Russian language sources not easily available to the Western reader, the book includes shocking new information on biomedical experimentation on humans as well as an examination of the pernicious effects of Trofim Lysenko’s pseudo-biology. Also included are many poignant case histories of those who collaborated and those who managed to resist, focusing on the moral choices and consequences. The text is accompanied by the author’s own translations of key archival materials, making this work an essential resource for all those with a serious interest in Russian history.

Author : Linda L Lubrano,Susan Gross Solomon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000305494

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The Social Context Of Soviet Science by Linda L Lubrano,Susan Gross Solomon Pdf

From its very beginnings Western scholarly writing on Soviet science has been largely contextual in orientation, with particular attention given to the institutional and political setting of science in Russian and Soviet history. This book moves that tradition in a new direction by focusing more closely on the social conditions of the research proc

Author : Frances Lee Bernstein,Christopher Burton,Dan Healey
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501756627

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Soviet Medicine by Frances Lee Bernstein,Christopher Burton,Dan Healey Pdf

Thanks to the opening of archives and the forging of exchanges between Russian and Western scholars interested in the history of medicine, it is now possible to write new forms of social and political history in the Soviet medical field. Using the lenses of critical social histories of healthcare and medical science, and looking at both new material from Russian archives and interviews with those who experienced the Soviet health system, the contributors to this volume explore the ways experts and the Soviet state radically reshaped medical provision after the Revolution of 1917. Soviet Medicine presents the work of an international group of leading scholars. Twelve essays—treating subjects that span the 74-year history of the Soviet Union—cover such diverse topics as how epidemiologists handled plague on the Soviet borderlands in the revolutionary era, how venereologists fighting sexually transmitted disease struggled to preserve the patient's right to secrecy, and how Soviet forensic experts falsified the evidence of the Katyn Forest massacre of 1940. This important volume demonstrates the crucial role played by medical science, practice, and culture in the shaping of a modern Soviet Union and illustrates how the study of Soviet medical history can benefit historians of medicine, science, the Soviet Union, and social and gender historians.

Author : Douglas R. Weiner
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000-08-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0822972158

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Models of Nature by Douglas R. Weiner Pdf

Models of Nature studies the early and turbulent years of the Soviet conservation movement from the October Revolution to the mid-1930s—Lenin's rule to the rise of Stalin. This new edition includes an afterword by the author that reflects upon the study's impact and discusses advances in the field since the book was first published.

Author : James T. Andrews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822033136698

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Science for the Masses by James T. Andrews Pdf

"In Science for the Masses, James T. Andrews presents a comprehensive history of the early Bolshevik popularization of science in Russia and the former Soviet Union."--Jacket.