The Lysenko Controversy as a Global Phenomenon, Volume 1: Genetics and Agriculture in the Soviet Union and Beyond
Author:   William deJong-Lambert ,  Nikolai Krementsov
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
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9783319391755


Pages:   191
Publication Date:   07 February 2017
Format:   Hardback
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This volume covers the global history of the Lysenko controversy, while exploring in greater depth the background of D. Lysenko’s career and influence in the USSR. By presenting the rise and fall of T.D. Lysenko in a variety of aspects—his influence upon art, unrecognized predecessors, and the extent to which genetics continued in the USSR even while he was in power, and the revival of his reputation today—the authors provide a fresh perspective on one of the most notorious episodes in the history of science.

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Author:   William deJong-Lambert ,  Nikolai Krementsov
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   3.745kg
ISBN:  

9783319391755


ISBN 10:   3319391755
Pages:   191
Publication Date:   07 February 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

.1. Lysenkoism Redux Nikolai Krementsov and William deJong-Lambert.- 2. Lysenko’s Predecessors: the Demchinskiis and a New Technique of Cereals Cultivation  Olga Elina.- 3. State Officials and Would-Be Scientists: How the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture Discovered for Lysenko that He Had Made a Scientific Discovery Lukas Joos.- 4. Pavel Pantelimonovich Luk’ianenko and the Origins of the Soviet Green Revolution Mark B. Tauger.- 5. Lysenko’s “Michurinism” and Art at the Moscow Darwin Museum, 1930s-1950s Pat Simpson.

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“The texts published in this two-volume anthology bring new perspectives to discussions about the relationship between science and democracy. … this publication represents what is the most comprehensive and detailed analysis of the phenomenon of Lysenkoism in the twentieth century to date.” (Doubravka Olšáková, Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas. jgo.e-reviews, Issue 2, 2019)


The texts published in this two-volume anthology bring new perspectives to discussions about the relationship between science and democracy. ... this publication represents what is the most comprehensive and detailed analysis of the phenomenon of Lysenkoism in the twentieth century to date. (Doubravka Olsakova, Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas. jgo.e-reviews, Issue 2, 2019)


Author Information

William deJong-Lambert is an Associate Professor of History at Bronx Community College, CUNY, and Associate Faculty of the Center for Science and Society at Columbia University, USA. His book, The Cold War Politics of Genetic Research: An Introduction to the Lysenko Affair, was published in 2012.   Nikolai Krementsov is a Professor at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on the history of Soviet science, biomedical research, eugenics, and intersections of science and literature.

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