Science in Russia and the Soviet Union: A Short History

Abstract

Preface Illustrations Introduction Part I. The Tsarist Period: 1. Russian science before 1800 2. Science in nineteenth-century Russia 3. Russian intellectuals and Darwinism Part II. Russian Science and a Marxist Revolution: 4. The Russian Revolution and the scientific community 5. The role of dialectical materialism: the authentic phase 6. Stalinist ideology and the Lysenko affair Part III. Science and Soviet Society: 7. Soviet attitudes towards the social and historical society 8. Knowledge and power in Russian and Soviet science 9. The organizational features and Soviet science Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliographical essay Index.