How One Soviet Pseudoscientist Starved Millions: The Tragedy of Lysenkoism
The Cold War
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Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a deeper look at Trofimov Lysenko, a Soviet agronomist who's pseudoscientific ideas gained traction due to their ideological alignment with the Soviet regime, resulting in the deaths of millions.
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Loren R. Graham, Science in Russia and the Soviet Union: A Short History (Cambridge University Press, 1993)
Valeriĭ Soyfer, Lysenko and The Tragedy of Soviet Science (Rutgers University Press, 1994)
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Lysenko: "Hold my vodka"
"You, comrade academician, claim that if a cow's ear is cut off and her descendants' ear is cut off, etc" etc. then the birth of a one-eared cow will occur? Did I understand you correctly?
- Right, Comrade Landau.
-Then how do you explain the birth of virgins?
I don't think "truth is stranger than fiction" has ever been more appropriate.
How One Soviet Pseudoscientist Starved Millions: The Tragedy of Lysenkoism
The Cold War
76,060 views
Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a deeper look at Trofimov Lysenko, a Soviet agronomist who's pseudoscientific ideas gained traction due to their ideological alignment with the Soviet regime, resulting in the deaths of millions.
Stalin's Cult of Personality: Stalin's Cult of Personality - Cold War DO...
How the American Political Parties Switched Their Ideologies: How the American Political Parties Switche...
How the RAND Corporation created American strategy: How the RAND Corporation created American ...
The Nuclear Wannabes: Sweden, Brazil and Argentina: The Nuclear Wannabes: How Sweden, Brazil a...
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German Expulsions: German Expulsions After WWII - Cold War DO...
Soviet Education System: Soviet Education System - Cold War DOCUMEN...
How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People: How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People
How CIA Used Art Against the USSR: How CIA Used Art Against the USSR
How Nuclear Deterrence Theory developed: How Nuclear Deterrence Theory developed - ...
America's Secret Nuclear Disaster: America's Secret Nuclear Disaster: The San...
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Kean, Sam. “The Soviet Era’s Deadliest Scientist Is Regaining Popularity in Russia.” The Atlantic, December 19, 2017. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/a...
Jerry A. Coyne, Faith vs. Fact: Why Science and Religion are Incompatible (Penguin Random House, 2016)
Dr Vadim J. Birstein, The Perversion of Knowledge: The True Story of Soviet Science (Basic Books, 2008)
William Dejong-Lambert and Nikolai Krementsov (eds.), The Lysenko Controversy as a Global Phenomenon, Volume I: Genetics and Agriculture in the Soviet Union and Beyond (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
Michael Ellman, "Stalin and the Soviet Famine of 1932–33 Revisited," Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.59, No.4 (2007)
Loren R. Graham, Science in Russia and the Soviet Union: A Short History (Cambridge University Press, 1993)
Valeriĭ Soyfer, Lysenko and The Tragedy of Soviet Science (Rutgers University Press, 1994)