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SCIENCE AND RUSSIAN CULTURE IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTIONS
V. I. VERNADSKY AND HIS SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL, 1863-1945 |
| By: |
Kendall E. Bailes |
| Format: |
Book |
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£27.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253311233 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253311238 |
| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
22 January, 1990 |
| Series: |
Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies |
| Pages: |
252 |
| Synopsis: |
... scholarship of the highest order.... Kendall Bailes's book is destined to become a most valuable contribution to our knowledge of Russian and Soviet culture. It is insightful and eloquent." -Douglas R. Weiner... an insightful, richly researched portrait of Vernadsky's life and times... " -American ScientistThis biography... not only tells a story full of human drama but also one rich with insights into Russia's higher-education and scientific-research establishments." -Washington Post Book World[This] concise book, with references that stop short of the Gorbachev era, will be the foundation for all future scholarship in English on Vernadsky." -NatureIn this insightful exploration of Vernadsky's legacy, Kendall Bailes unveils a creative scholar-activist whose life and work speak more clearly about his time than our own." -ScienceThe Bailes book... is fascinating... Read it!" -World Affairs ReportKendall Bailes has left us with a vivid portrayal of the life and times of Vladimir Vernadsky." -The Russian ReviewIt offers a penetrating analysis of social realities in twentieth-century Russia, which helped create an intellectual culture dominated by ideological extremes." -American Historical ReviewThis first full-length English-language biography of Vladimir Vernadsky (1863-1945), one of the leading Russian intellectual figures of the twentieth century, focuses on the interaction between science and politics during Russia's revolutionary age. |
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US |
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Indiana University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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