Zhores A. Medvedev

Author's Note to the English EditionTHE PUBLICATION OF this book is unconnected with my arrival in England for a temporary term of research. I began working on the book in November 1971 long before I received the invitation from my British colleagues, and I completed it at the beginning of November...

Roy Medvedev INTRODUCTION In August-September 1970, my brother Zhores A. Medvedev wrote an account of certain events which are undoubtedly of public interest. I was also involved and kept a record of the whole episode for the benefit of our friends. My own notes include many details which are...

FOREWORD The story of Soviet genetics in the period 1937-1964 is, perhaps, the most bizarre chapter in the history of modem science. In a society devoted to the betterment of the lot of peasants and workers, an illiterate and fanatical charlatan was allowed absolute dictatorship and control over...