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Stalin and the Scientists : A History of Triumph and Tragedy 1905-1953

By: Publication details: United Kingdom; Faber & Faber; 2016Description: 508 Pages; HardbackISBN:
  • 9780571290079
DDC classification:
  • 509.47
Summary: An epic story of courage, genius and terrible folly, this is the first history of how the Soviet Union's scientists became both the glory and the laughing stock of the intellectual world. Simon Ings weaves together what happened when a handful of impoverished and underemployed graduates, professors and entrepreneurs, collectors and charlatans, bound themselves to a failing government to create a world superpower. And he shows how Stalin's obsessions derailed a great experiment in 'rational government'.
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi History 509.47 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn Not For Loan Book Bazaar PKLC018924
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore History 509.47 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC028416
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An epic story of courage, genius and terrible folly, this is the first history of how the Soviet Union's scientists became both the glory and the laughing stock of the intellectual world. Simon Ings weaves together what happened when a handful of impoverished and underemployed graduates, professors and entrepreneurs, collectors and charlatans, bound themselves to a failing government to create a world superpower. And he shows how Stalin's obsessions derailed a great experiment in 'rational government'.

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