The Perversion Of Knowledge: The True Story Of Soviet ScienceBasic Books, 10 de nov. de 2004 - 492 páginas 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. |
Conteúdo
Introduction | 1 |
Science Under Siege | 15 |
Deadly Science | 81 |
Direitos autorais | |
9 outras seções não mostradas
Outras edições - Ver todos
The Perversion Of Knowledge: The True Story Of Soviet Science Dr. Vadim J. Birstein Visualização parcial - 2009 |
The Perversion Of Knowledge: The True Story Of Soviet Science Dr. Vadim J. Birstein Prévia não disponível - 2004 |
Termos e frases comuns
Abakumov Academician Academy of Sciences accused Aleksandr anti-Soviet appointed Archive arrested August became biological biologists Bobryonev and Ryazentsev Bolshevik Bukharin Central Committee chemical commissar Communist Party Council Dalstroi death December Department deputy head doctors documents Doktor Smert Efroimson Eitingon elected experiments February former geneticist Genetics German GUGB Ibid imprisonment Intelligence interrogations investigation Istorii Jewish Jews July Khvat Kobulov Kokurin and Petrov Koltsov labor camps laboratory later Lavrentii Beria Lefortovo Prison Lenin Leningrad letter Lubyanka Lysenko Lysenkoists Main Directorate Mairanovsky March Medical memoirs Merkulov Mikhail military minister Molotov Moscow University Muromtsev mustard gas Naumov Nazi Nikolai Nikolai Vavilov NKGB NKVD officers Oggins OGPU organization person Politburo political president Presidium prisoner card Professor Prosecutor released ricin Rokityansky Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Russian Sakharov scientific scientists secretary Sergei shot Soviet Union Stalin Sudoplatov Timofeev trial USSR VASKHNIL Vavilov VCheKa Vladimir Prison weapons wrote Yurii
Referências a este livro
Weapons of Mass Destruction [2 Volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Worldwide Policy ... Eric A. Croddy,James J. Wirtz Prévia não disponível - 2005 |