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Author:

Roll-Hansen, Nils, 1938-

Title:

The Lysenko effect : the politics of science / Nils Roll-Hansen.

Publisher:

Humanity Books,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

335 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich,--1898-1976.
Biology--History.--Soviet Union--History.
Genetics--History.--Soviet Union--History.
Geneticists--Soviet Union--Biography.
Plant breeders--Soviet Union--Biography.
Agriculture and state--Soviet Union--History.
Science and state--Soviet Union--History.
Communism and science--Soviet Union--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-324) and index.

Contents:

Science policy and the problem of Lysenkoism -- The situation in agricultural plant science -- The "barefoot professor" -- Marxism and science policy -- Vernalization -- From problems in plant breeding to controversy in genetics -- "Two directions in genetics" : the Congress of December 1936 -- Against bourgeois ideology in science -- Lysenko takes over -- Concluding discussion : why did it happen?

Series:

Control of nature

ISBN:

9781591022626 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1591022622 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55624166

LCCN:

2004012970

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)