Stalin and the scientists : a history of triumph and tragedy, 1905-1953
Ings, Simon2016
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An epic story of courage, genius and terrible folly, this is the first history of how the Soviet Union's scientists became both the glory and the laughing stock of the intellectual world. Simon Ings weaves together what happened when a handful of impoverished and underemployed graduates, professors and entrepreneurs, collectors and charlatans, bound themselves to a failing government to create a world superpower. And he shows how Stalin's obsessions derailed a great experiment in 'rational government'.
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Author:
Ings, Simon, author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2016.
Collation:
xix, 508 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571290079 (hbk)
Dewey class:
509.470904509.470904 ING
Language:
English
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BRN:
2378075
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