New Atlantis revisited : Akademgorodok, the Siberian city of science / Paul R. Josephson.

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Josephson, Paul R.

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New Atlantis revisited : Akademgorodok, the Siberian city of science / Paul R. Josephson.

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xxii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-341) and index.
Ch. 1. From Moscow, Leningrad, and Ukraine to the Golden Valley -- Ch. 2. Colliding Beams and Open Traps -- Ch. 3. Siberia -- Land of Eternally Green Tomatoes -- Ch. 4. Machines Can Think, but Can Humans? -- Ch. 5. Siberian Scientists and the Engineers of Nature -- Ch. 6. The Siberian Algorithm -- Ch. 7. Crackdown: The Communist Party and Academic Freedom in Akademgorodok.

Summary:

In 1958 construction began on Akademgorodok, a scientific utopian community modeled after Francis Bacon's vision of a "New Atlantis." The city, carved out of a Siberian forest, 2,500 miles east of Moscow, was formed by Soviet scientists with the full support of Nikita Khrushchev. They believed that their rational science, liberated from ideological and economic constraints, would help their country surpass the West in all fields. In a lively history of this city, itself a symbol of de-Stalinization, Paul Josephson offers the most complete analysis available of the reasons behind the successes and failures of Soviet science - from advances in nuclear physics to politically induced setbacks in research on recombinant DNA.

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0691044546 (cl ; acid-free paper)
9780691044545 (cl ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Science history
Institutional History.
Sciences Russie Akademgorodok (Novossibirsk) Histoire.
30.01 history of the exact sciences.
Politics and government
Natuurwetenschappen.
Science Russia (Federation) Akademgorodok (Novosibirsk) History
Sciences URSS 20e siècle.
Sciences Russie Akademgorodok (Russie) Histoire.
Akademgorodok (Novosibirsk, Russia) History.
Soviet Union Politics and government.
Russia (Federation) Politics and government.
Russie Politique et gouvernement.
URSS Politique et gouvernement.
Soviet Union
Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) Akademgorodok (Novosibirsk)
Geschichte
Science History Russia (Federation) Akademgorodok (Novosibirsk)

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History
History (form)

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Akademgorodok, the Siberian city of science

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Location: Library main 191882
Call No.: ID Q127.R9.J67; ID:97-B2930
Status: Available

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