By the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment had become the largest in the world, but very little of its history was known in the West. What has been needed

By the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment had become the largest in the world, but very little of its history was known in the West. What has been needed

This analysis of Russian science shows how the Russian science establishment was one of the largest in the world boasting a world-leading space programme and No

Describes the impact of Russian scientific research on science in the United States

“One of the finest, most gripping surveys of the history of Russian science in the twentieth century.” —Douglas Smith, author of Former People: The Final