Science in Russia and the Soviet Union: A Short History (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (959 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521287898 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Todes, American Historical Review"likely to remain an important scholarly landmark for years to come." Yakov Rabkin. Kevles"Loren Graham's informative historyleaves one wondering how science could function at all.The remaining, very open, question is: How well will a newly freed Russian science survive the removal of the Soviet hand that nourished and battered it?" New York Times Book Review"The premier historian of the subject here explores for the general reader how Russian politics, economics and society have shaped the nature and direction of Russian science.In spare and accessible form, Graham offers both a broad, insightful social and political history of Russia and science as well as much food for thought about the general consequences of the national context within which science grows." Robert Legvold, Foreign A
Loren Graham presents the first concise, modern history of science in Russia, the Soviet Union, and the commonwealth of Independent States. Although by the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment became the largest in the world, little is known about it in the West. Thoroughly up to date, the volume covers the Czarist period, the impact of the Russian Revolution, the relationship between science and Soviet society, the strengths of various scientific disciplines, and the effect of the fall of Communism.
"Mostly superficial and lacking in substance" according to Reader. This study does the important job of outlining major Soviet achievements in the hard sciences (especially mathematics and physics), which are missed by too many popular sources. But the author's social-historical commentary is very superficial, and the appendix on