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a history of triumph and tragedy 1905-1953

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Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Language
English
Pages
508

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Subjects
Science and state, Scientists, Science, Influence, Biography, History, Science and state, soviet union, Stalin, joseph, 1879-1953, Communism, soviet union, Soviet union, politics and government, 1917-1991, New York Times reviewed, Wissenschaftler, Stalinismus, HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, SCIENCE / History
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Joseph Stalin (1878-1953)
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Soviet Union

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Table of Contents

Prologue : fuses (1856-1905)
Part one. Control (1905-1929). Scholars
Revolutionaries
Entrepreneurs
Workers
Exploring the mind
Understanding evolution
Shaping humanity
Part two. Power (1929-1941). 'Storming the fortress of science'
Eccentrics
The primacy of practice
Kooperatorka
The great patron
'Fascist links'
Office politics
'We shall go to the pyre'
Part three. Dominion (1941-1953). 'Lucky stiffs'
'Can I go to the reactor?'
'How did anyone dare insult Comrade Lysenko?'
Higher nervous activity
'The death agony was horrible'
Succession
Epilogue : spoil.

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"First published in 2016 in Great Britain by Faber & Faber Ltd."--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-495) and index.

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509.47
Library of Congress
Q127.S65 I54 2017, Q127.S65I54 2017

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xix, 508 pages
Number of pages
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OL27228255M
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0802125980
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9780802125989, 9780802127594
OCLC/WorldCat
971894627

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