C.D. Darlington and the British and American reaction to Lysenko and the Soviet conception of science

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 309-352

  Harman, Oren Solomon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

"Two Camps" philosophy of science; C.D. Darlington; Divergence; J.B.S. Haldane; Lysenko affair; Planning; Racialist scientific humanism; Society for the Freedom of Science; Strategy

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICS; REVIEW; SCIENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; USSR;

GENETICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INTERNATIONALITY; POLITICS; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 0042913227     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024483131660     Document Type: Review

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