The Lysenko Controversy as a Global Phenomenon, Volume 2

Genetics and Agriculture in the Soviet Union and Beyond
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-39178-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 243 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krementsov, Nikolai

deJong-Lambert, William

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Geschichte der Biowissenschaften, Biologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Nutzpflanzen: Biologie, Genetik, Pflanzenzüchtung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.