Book ID: CBB001213212

The Cold War Politics of Genetic Research: An Introduction to the Lysenko Affair (2012)

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de Jong-Lambert, William (Author)


Springer


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: xxii + 185 pp.
Language: English

This book uses the reaction of a number of biologists in the United States and Great Britain to provide an overview of one of the most important controversies in Twentieth Century biology, the Lysenko Affair. The book is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of history/history of science. It covers a number of topics which are relevant to understanding the sources and dimensions of the Lysenko controversy, including the interwar eugenics movement, the Scopes Trial, the popularity of Lamarckism as a theory of heredity prior to the synthesis of genetics and Natural Selection, and the Cold War. The book focuses particularly on portrayals both positive and negative of Lysenko in the popular press in the U.S. and Europe, and thus by extension the relationship between scientists and society. Because the Lysenko controversy attracted a high level of interest among the lay community, it constitutes a useful historical example to consider in context with current topics that have received a similar level of attention, such as Intelligent Design or Climate Change.

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Authors & Contributors
Saito, Hirofumi
Roll-Hansen, Nils
Wolfe, Audra Jayne
Aronova, Elena
Creager, Angela N. H.
de Jong-Lambert, William
Journals
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Journal of the History of Biology
Almagest
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Publishers
Ohio State University
Humanity Books
Johns Hopkins University Press
Stanford University Press
University of California, San Diego
Concepts
Science and politics
Genetics
Cold War
Biology
Controversies and disputes
Science and ideology
People
Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich
Mendel, Gregor Johann
Dunn, Leslie Clarence
Gould, Stephen Jay
Michurin, Ivan Vladimirovich
Morgan, Thomas Hunt
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Japan
Russia
Europe
Institutions
Genetics Society of America
Rockefeller Foundation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; Partial Test Ban Treaty; Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963)
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