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

4.0

The book is well written which discusses the work of scientists from the late 1880's right up until the 1960's. Reading it, you notice two names that seem to appear often that curtailed scientific advancement in Russia -Trofim Lysenko and Josef Stalin, who prevented the advancement of the agricultural and genetic sciences in particular. Could you imagine how far advance the sciences in Russia could have been had these two not had such power. Excellent book that discusses the various nuances of the Soviet Sciences.