STALIN AND THE SCIENTISTS
Book ID/图书代码： 04560012B54260
English Summary/英文概要： As story that will transform our understanding of Russian history: the hugely gifted
generation of Russian scientists who did their greatest work under the rule of the 20th
century’s first great dictator.
From atomic physics to management theory, from radiation biology to neuroscience and psychology,
these thinkers made a profound contribution to human thought. Some were murdered, many of
them suffered exile and imprisonment, and all of them were aware that their lives were lived on a
knife edge. They led complex lives and were often charismatic and inspiring teachers. Together, they
made up what was arguably the most articulate, romantic, well-informed and radically minded
intellectual community since Plato‘s Athens.
The characters who play out this story operated, for the most part, on a Shakespearean scale: from
the biologist who took notes on the physiological effects of his own death sentence, to the botanist
who delivered scientific lectures in a lightless underground cell while his wife was sending food
parcels to the wrong side of Russia; from the biologist who resorted to theft, fraud and kidnap to support his work, to the poet-ergonomist who built a machine – an actual machine, with pulleys and ropes – to churn out new forms of human being.
Without flinching at the human cost, Russian Dolls reveals and celebrates what Soviet science
managed to do for us. Like Simon Sebag Montefiore
’s At the Court of the Red Tsar and Rachel
Polonsky‘s Molotov’s Magic Lantern, this book will be a compelling literary achievement that opens readers‘ eyes to a hidden part of history.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一个改变偶们对俄罗斯历史认知的故事：一代才智过人的俄罗斯科学家们在20世纪首位大独裁者的统治下取得了卓越的成就。
从原子物理学到管理理论，从放射生物学到神经科学和心理学，这些思想巨匠对人类思想做出了深远的贡献。他们中一些遭到了谋杀，许多人被流放或监禁，所有人都明白自己生活在刀尖之上。他们的生活十分复杂，许多人都是魅力十足的老师。他们在一起构成了自柏拉图的雅典学院之后最雄辩、浪漫、明智、激进的知识分子群体。
故事中的角色纷繁复杂，有针对自己的死刑判决所造成的心理影响做笔记的生物学家；在黑暗的地下监狱发表科学演说的植物学家；为了继续研究工作只能盗窃、诈骗、绑架的生物学家；造了一台用于生产新型人类的机器的诗人及生物工程学者……本书将带领读者看到一段隐藏的历史，令人大开眼界。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：“一部优雅、有趣、与时俱进的作品……非常强大有力。”——《独立报》
“引人入胜，通俗易懂……读一下本书，你对事物的看法将会完全改变。”——《观察家报》
“资料越翔实，内容就越清晰……这部内容广泛、不拘一格的作品是通俗科学领域的杰作。”——《泰晤士报》
“[Ings] rightly asserts that ’the story of the eye is epic’, and this is an impressive attempt to summarise its 538-million-year history.” Guardian
“An elegant, entertaining and up-to-date … utterly compelling.” Independent
“Appealing and readable ... Read it and you will never see things in the same way.”Observer
“The more complex his material, the clearer his prose becomes. … this far-ranging and wonderfully eclectic work is popular science at its best.‘”The Times
“A narrative as arresting and remarkable as any fiction, accessible but complete… An excellent guide to one of the world’s true wonders.” Telegraph
About the Author/作者介绍： Simon Ings，小说家、科学作家。已经出版了7部小说和1部非虚构作品《The Eye: A Natural History》。他定期为包括《卫报》《泰晤士报》《邮报》《自然》《独立报》《新科学家》等出版物供稿。现在在伦敦生活工作。Simon Ings is a novelist and science writer. He has published seven novels and one non-fiction title,The Eye: A Natural History. He regularly contributes to the publications including the Guardian, The Times, Telegraph, Independent, Nature and New Scientist. He lives and works in London.
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Audio (Audible), Czech Republic (Vysehrad spol s.r.o.), Germany (Hoffmann & Campe), Poland (Agora), Romania (Editura Rao), US (Grove Atlantic)
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