Book ID: CBB001451896

Revolutionary Experiments: The Quest for Immortality in Bolshevik Science and Fiction (2014)

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Krementsov, N. L. (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: xiii + 268 pp.; ill.
Language: English

Literature and science -- Soviet Union. Biology -- Soviet Union -- Experiments. Immortality in literature. Biology in literature. Science fiction, Russian -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Medicine in Literature. Unsterblichkeit. Biologie. Wissenschaft. Biowissenschaften. Russisch. Literatur. Biology -- Experiments. Biology in literature. Immortality in literature. Literature and science. Science fiction, Russian. Genre/Form: Criticism, interpretation, etc. Time: 1900 - 1999 Geographic: Sowjetunion. Soviet Union. Note(s): Includes bibliographical references and index. Class Descriptors: LC: PG3026.S348; Dewey: 891.709/356 Responsibility: Nikolai Krementsov. Vendor Info: YBP Library Services Coutts Information Services Ingram (YANK COUT ING

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Review Lloyd Ackert (2016) Review of "Revolutionary Experiments: The Quest for Immortality in Bolshevik Science and Fiction". Social History of Medicine (pp. 423-425). unapi

Review Alexei Kojevnikov (2016) Review of "Revolutionary Experiments: The Quest for Immortality in Bolshevik Science and Fiction". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 201-202). unapi

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Erlingsson, Steindór J.
Maria Zalambani
Ljudmilla Chapovalova
Liggieri, Kevin
Michail Talalay
Bernstein, Anya
Concepts
Experimental biology
Biology
Science and literature
Science and politics
Science and culture
Discipline formation
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Modern
Places
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Germany
Europe
Great Britain
Institutions
Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (Great Britain)
Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
American Museum of Natural History, New York
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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