{"product_id":"science-and-russian-culture-in-an-age-of-revolutions-v-i-vernadsky-and-his-scientific-school-1863-1945-9780253311238","title":"Science and Russian Culture in an Age of Revolutions: V. I. Vernadsky and His Scientific School, 1863-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e . . . scholarship of the highest order. . . . Kendall Bailes's book is destined to become a most valuable contribution to our knowledge of Russian and Soviet culture. It is insightful and eloquent. --Douglas R. Weiner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e . . . an insightful, richly researched portrait of Vernadsky's life and times . . . --American Scientist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis biography . . . not only tells a story full of human drama but also one rich with insights into Russia's higher-education and scientific-research establishments. --Washington Post Book World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[This] concise book, with references that stop short of the Gorbachev era, will be the foundation for all future scholarship in English on Vernadsky. --Nature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this insightful exploration of Vernadsky's legacy, Kendall Bailes unveils a creative scholar-activist whose life and work speak more clearly about his time than our own. --Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bailes book . . . is fascinating . . . Read it! --World Affairs Report\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKendall Bailes has left us with a vivid portrayal of the life and times of Vladimir Vernadsky. --The Russian Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt offers a penetrating analysis of social realities in twentieth-century Russia, which helped create an intellectual culture dominated by ideological extremes. --American Historical Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first full-length English-language biography of Vladimir Vernadsky (1863-1945), one of the leading Russian intellectual figures of the twentieth century, focuses on the interaction between science and politics during Russia's revolutionary age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kendall E. Bailes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.48w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253311238","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39946316873843,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2d80aff1-e512-43c1-93e0-41bf007f9797.jpg?v=1648313912","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/science-and-russian-culture-in-an-age-of-revolutions-v-i-vernadsky-and-his-scientific-school-1863-1945-9780253311238","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}