The Cold War Politics of Genetic Research An Introduction to the Lysenko Affair /

• Main Author: deJong-Lambert, William (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 32
• Subjects: History.; Evolutionary biology.; History of Science.; Evolutionary Biology.

This book uses the reaction of a number of biologists in the United States and Great Britain to provide an overview of one of the most important controversies in Twentieth Century biology, the “Lysenko Affair.” The book is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of history/history o...

Table of Contents:

• Timeline of Events
• Introduction
•  1: Mendelist-Morganists and Michurinism
•  2: Between Corld War and Cold War
• 3: Reacting to Lysenko
•  4: Acquired Characteristics
•  5: The “Spitzer Affair”
•  6: Pigs Wearing Booties Earn Scorn of Red Press
• Epilogue: “Nikita and I have our difficulties…”              .