Lysenkos Ghost - Epigenetics and Russia

Informationen zum Autor Loren Graham is Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Klappentext Lysenko became one of the most notorious figures in twentieth-century science after his genetic theories were discredited decades ago. Yet some scientists now claim that discoveries in epigenetics prove that he was right after all. Loren Graham reopens the case, to determine whether new developments in molecular biology validate Lysenkös claims. Zusammenfassung Lysenko became one of the most notorious figures in twentieth-century science after his genetic theories were discredited decades ago. Yet some scientists now claim that discoveries in epigenetics prove that he was right after all. Loren Graham reopens the case, to determine whether new developments in molecular biology validate Lysenko’s claims.

Product details

• Authors: Loren Graham, Loren R. Graham, Graham Loren
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9780674089051
• ISBN: 978-0-674-08905-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Russland, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Science: general issues, SCIENCE / History, Science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, History of Science, Human biology, HISTORY / Russia / General