Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905-1953 by Simon Ings

Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905-1953

Simon Ings

528 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative tense slow-paced
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Scientists throughout history, from Galileo to today's experts on climate change, have often had to contend with politics in their pursuit of knowledge. But in the Soviet Union, where the ruling elites embraced, patronized, and even fetishized sci...

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