Revolutions: the big science of visionary biology -- Transfusions: ideas, people, and places -- Voyagers: to Mars and back -- Earthly realities: the health of the ruling elite -- Struggles for viability: proletarian science in action -- Blood and socialism: the death of a hero -…
Provides a cross-disciplinary understanding of early Soviet history that illustrates a central role that science came to play in the culture and society of post-revolutionary Russia - Opens up new directions for research and analysis in more than one field, including the history…