International Science Between the World Wars: The Case of GeneticsWhat 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 archival sources - ranging from Stalin's personal papers to the records of the Gestapo and from the correspondence among scientists in different countries to the minutes of the Soviet government's top-secret meetings - it depicts the operations of international science at a time of great political tensions. |
Contents
Genetics as an international discipline | 3 |
Dual loyalties | 9 |
The road to Moscow | 34 |
The road to Edinburgh | 53 |
PART II | 73 |
Soviet geneticists and their peers | 101 |
ideologies patrons and networks | 124 |
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International Science Between the World Wars: The Case of Genetics Nikolai Krementsov Limited preview - 2004 |
International Science Between the World Wars: The Case of Genetics Nikolai Krementsov Limited preview - 2004 |
International Science Between the World Wars: The Case of Genetics Nikolai Krementsov No preview available - 2004 |