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The Lysenko Affair

By David Joravsky

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
1970
ISBN
0226410323, 9780226410326
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
35 MB (36219326 bytes)
Pages
474\474
Time added
2017-12-30 13:49:19

Description

The Lysenko affair was perhaps the most bizarre chapter in the history of modern science. For thirty years, until 1965, Soviet genetics was dominated by a fanatical agronomist who achieved dictatorial power over genetics and plant science as well as agronomy.

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