This volume examines the international impact of Lysenkoism in its namesake's heyday and the reasons behind Lysenko's rehabilitation in Russia today. By presenting the rise and fall of T.D. Lysenko in its various aspects, the authors provide a fresh perspective on one of the most notorious episodes in the history of science.

Provides thorough and multi-pronged approach to the study of Lysenkoism both inside the Soviet Union and out Explores the political, scientific, economic, and diplomatic consequences of this agricultural reform in the broader context of Cold War studies Analyzes why and how a seemingly local eventthe rise and fall of Trofim Lysenko in the Soviet Unionbecame a truly global phenomenon

Autorentext

William deJong-Lambert is an Associate Professor of History at Bronx Community College, CUNY, and Associate Faculty of the Center for Science and Society at Columbia University, USA.

Nikolai Krementsov is a Professor at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on the history of Soviet science, biomedical research, eugenics, and intersections of science and literature.

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1. Opportunism and enforcement: Hungarian reception of Michurin biology in the Cold War period Gábor Palló and Miklós Müller.- 2. Lysenko in Bellagio: The Lysenko Controversy and the struggle for authority of Italian genetics, 1948-1956 Francesco Cassata .- 3. The National Pattern of Lysenkoism in Romania Cristiana Oghina-Pavie .- 4. H. J. Muller and J. B. S. Haldane: Eugenics and Lysenkoism William deJong-Lambert .- 5. Why did Japanese geneticists discuss Lysenko's biology scientifically? Hirofumi Saito .- 6. Dialectics Denied: Muller, Lysenko, and the Fate of Chromosome Studies in Soviet Genetics Luis Campos .- 7. Lessons from Lysenko John Marks .- 8. Current Attempts to Exonerate Lysenkoism and Their Causes Eduard I. Kolchinsky.