Science in Russia and the Soviet Union: A Short History (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science)

Although by the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment became the largest in the world, little is known about it in the West. Loren Graham presents the first concise, modern history of science in Russia, the Soviet Union, and the commonwealth of Independent States. Thoroughly up to date, the volume covers the Czarist period, the impact of the Russian Revolution, the relationship between science and Soviet society, the strengths of various scientific disciplines, and the effect of the fall of Communism.Loren R. Graham is the author of 'Science in Russia and the Soviet Union: A Short History (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science)', published 1993 under ISBN 9780521245661 and ISBN 0521245664.