The Lysenko Controversy as a Global Phenomenon, Volume 2 - Genetics and Agriculture in the Soviet Union and Beyond

This volume examines the international impact of Lysenkoism in its namesake's heyday and the reasons behind Lysenko's rehabilitation in Russia today. By presenting the rise and fall of T.D. Lysenko in its various aspects, the authors provide a fresh perspective on one of the most notorious episodes in the history of science.

List of contents

1. Opportunism and enforcement: Hungarian reception of Michurin biology in the Cold War period Gábor Palló and Miklós Müller.- 2. Lysenko in Bellagio: The "Lysenko Controversy" and the struggle for authority of Italian genetics, 1948-1956 Francesco Cassata.- 3. The National Pattern of Lysenkoism in Romania Cristiana Oghina-Pavie.- 4. H. J. Muller and J. B. S. Haldane: Eugenics and Lysenkoism William deJong-Lambert.- 5. Why did Japanese geneticists discuss Lysenko's biology scientifically? Hirofumi Saito.- 6. Dialectics Denied: Muller, Lysenko, and the Fate of Chromosome Studies in Soviet Genetics Luis Campos.- 7. Lessons from Lysenko John Marks.- 8. Current Attempts to Exonerate "Lysenkoism" and Their Causes Eduard I. Kolchinsky.

About the author

William deJong-Lambert is an Associate Professor of History at Bronx Community College, CUNY, and Associate Faculty of the Center for Science and Society at Columbia University, USA.

Nikolai Krementsov is a Professor at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on the history of Soviet science, biomedical research, eugenics, and intersections of science and literature.

Summary

This volume examines the international impact of Lysenkoism in its namesake’s heyday and the reasons behind Lysenko’s rehabilitation in Russia today. By presenting the rise and fall of T.D. Lysenko in its various aspects, the authors provide a fresh perspective on one of the most notorious episodes in the history of science.

Product details

• Assisted by: Willia deJong-Lambert (Editor), William DeJong-Lambert (Editor), Krementsov (Editor), Krementsov (Editor), Nikolai Krementsov (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319818368
• ISBN: 978-3-31-981836-8
• No. of pages: 243
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 14 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Illustrations: XI, 243 p. 1 illus. in color.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology; Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Internationale Beziehungen, B, History, International Relations, foreign policy, History of Science, Europe, Eastern—History, History of specific lands, Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Russia—History, History of other geographical groupings and regions