{"product_id":"science-in-the-new-russia-crisis-aid-reform-paperback","title":"Science in the New Russia: Crisis, Aid, Reform - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLoren R. Graham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIrina Dezhina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Russian science establishment was one of the largest in the world, boasting many Nobel prizes, a world-leading space program, and famous schools in mathematics, physics, and other fields. However, when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the major financial supports for the scientific community were eliminated, with resulting \"brain drain.\" The subsequent expansion of capitalism and globalization revealed that Russian science was ill adapted to compete with other countries in high technology. \u003ci\u003eScience in the New Russia\u003c\/i\u003e tells the dramatic story of the near collapse of Russian science in the mid-1990s and of subsequent domestic and international efforts to reform and reenergize scientific activity in Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoren Graham, author of \u003ci\u003eMoscow Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 2006), is a well-known historian of science who taught for many years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. He is the author of many books on the history of Soviet science. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrina Dezhina is Leading Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, and the author of many works on post-Soviet politics and society (in Russian).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.17 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773108977952,"sku":"9780253219886","price":41.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/980db2f8d50d31ffbb0dd510619dc3d4.webp?v=1780419834","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/science-in-the-new-russia-crisis-aid-reform-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}