Lysenko's Ghost: Epigenetics and Russia

by Loren R. Graham

Book Overview

The Soviet agronomist Trofim Lysenko became one of the most notorious figures in twentieth-century science after his genetic theories were discredited decades ago. Yet some scientists, even in the West, now claim that discoveries in the field of epigenetics prove that he was right after all. Seeking to get to the bottom of Lysenko's rehabilitation in certain Russian scientific circles, Loren Graham reopens the case, granting his theories an impartial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674089057
• ISBN13: 9780674089051
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"