The Perversion Of Knowledge: The True Story Of Soviet Science

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Basic Books, Nov 10, 2004 - Science - 512 pages
A powerful account of the tragic and brutal consequences of the Communist Party/KBG control over Soviet scientists and intelligentsia

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Vadim J. Birstein, Ph.D., a Russian-American geneticist and historian, is the author of more than 140 scientific papers and monographs. A member of the Russian Academy of Science for over twenty years, he was a dissident who experienced firsthand the cruelty of the Soviet regime's control of science. He lives in New York City.

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