1st Edition
International Science Between the World Wars The Case of Genetics
By Nikolai Krementsov
Copyright 2005
208 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
26 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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What is international science and how does it function? This book answers these questions through a detailed study of international congresses on genetics held from 1899 to 1939. It presents a portrait of international science as a product of continuous interactions that involved scientists and their patrons within specific political, ideological, and disciplinary contexts. Drawing on a variety of... Read more
Prologue: A Forty-Year Long Road
Part 1: International Genetics Congresses, 1899-1939
Part 2: Between Patrons and Peers
Epilogue: Another Forty-Year Long Road
Part 1: International Genetics Congresses, 1899-1939
Part 2: Between Patrons and Peers
Epilogue: Another Forty-Year Long Road
Biography
Nikolai Krementsov is an Associate professor at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto. He lives in Toronto and St Petersburg with his wife and daughter. He is the author of Stalinist Science and The Cure: A Story of Cancer and Politics from the Annals of the Cold War.
