Social factors in the development of genetics and the Lysenko affair

Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities 96 (1):143-155 (2008)
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The history of genetics offers abundant material for the study of the influence of social factors in the development of science. Several of these factors are listed and briefly touched upon. Especial attention is paid to the interference of political power in the business of science, exemplified and analyzed in the tragic case of the Lysenko affair, which lead to the death of the best geneticists of Russia and the destruction of a whole and fruitful scientific community.

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