Science in the New Russia: Crisis, Aid, Reform

by Loren R. Graham and Irina Dezhina

The Russian science establishment was one of the largest in the world, boasting many Nobel prizes, a world-leading space program, and famous schools in mathematics, physics, and other fields. However, when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the major financial supports for the scientific community were eliminated, with resulting "brain drain." The subsequent expansion of capitalism and globalization revealed that Russian science was ill adapted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253219884
• ISBN13: 9780253219886
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher