Lysenko Affair
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academy of sciences
agricultural
agriculture
agronomist
agronomy
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biologist
biology
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controversial
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errors
flowering
genes
geneticists
genetics
government
grafting
historical
history
inheritance
lamarckism
lysenkoism
modern science
plants
political influence
politics
scientific
scientist
sociologists
sociology
soviet union
starvation
state
trofim denisovich lysenko
vernalization
Product details
- ISBN 9780226410319
- Weight: 709g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 15 Aug 1986
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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
"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
