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

ISBN-13: 9780571290086 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 528 str.

Simon Ings

Opis

War-torn, virtually bankrupt, Russia tried to light its way to the future with the fitful glow of science. Stalin believed that science should serve the state. The human cost of this peculiar marriage between the state and its scientists was horrendous. This book makes clear what Soviet science has done for us.

Recenzje

'Endlessly entertaining . . . lively, dramatic, intriguing and often very funny.' The Times

O autorze

Simon Ings began his career writing science fiction stories, novels and films, before widening his brief to explore perception (The Eye), 20th-century radical politics (The Weight of Numbers), the shipping system (Dead Water) and augmented reality (Wolves). He co-founded and edited Arc magazine, a digital publication about the future, before joining New Scientist as its arts editor. Out of the office, he lives in possibly the coldest flat in London, writing for the Guardian, Times, Telegraph, Independent and Nature.