- Science and state, soviet union, Stalin, joseph, 1879-1953, Communism, soviet union, Soviet union, politics and government, 1917-1991
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.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Simon Ings
- First published
- 1715
- Pages
- 255
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Faber & Faber, Limited, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780802189868
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