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1	Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Creativity more books like this by Loren R Graham, Jean-Michel Kantor add to wishlist In 1913, Russian imperial marines stormed an Orthodox monastery at Mt. Athos, Greece, to haul off monks engaged in a dangerously heretical practice known as Name Worshipping. Exiled to remote Russian outposts, the monks and their mystical movement went underground. Ultimately, they came across Russian intellectuals who embraced Name Worshipping - ... see all copies from $14.17! new only from $14.45! \| SVS
2	The Ghost of the Executed Engineer: Technology and the Fall of the Soviet Union more books like this by Loren R Graham add to wishlist Stalin ordered his execution, but here Peter Palchinsky has the last word. His ghost leads readers through the miasma of Soviet technology and industry, pointing out the mistakes he condemned in his time, the corruption and collapse he predicted, the ultimate price paid for silencing those who were not afraid to speak out. The story of this ... see all copies from $5.94! new only from $18.00! \| SVS
3	Science in Russia and the Soviet Union: A Short History more books like this by Loren R Graham add to wishlist By the 1980s the Soviet scientific establishment had become the largest in the world, but very little of its history was known in the West. What has been needed for many years in order to fill that gap in our knowledge is a history of Russian and Soviet science written for the educated person who would like to read one book on the subject. This ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $18.06! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Science, Philosophy, and Human Behavior in the Soviet Union more books like this by Loren R Graham add to wishlist Soviet philosophy of science - dialectical materialism - is an area of intellectual endeavor that engages thousands of specialists in the Soviet Union but passes almost entirely unnoticed in the West. It is true that a few Western authors have examined Soviet discussions of individual problems in philosophy of science, such as philosophical issues ... see all copies from $2.10! new only from $2.95! \| first editions
5	Face in the Rock: The Tale of a Grand Island Chippewa more books like this by Loren R Graham add to wishlist This book is the story of the Chippewa natives of Grand Island, Michigan. All the islanders save one died in a war the Chippewa fought with the Sioux in the 1830s. The Chippewa abandoned Grand Island after that. Since the 1970s, however, the Chippewa have been experiencing a resurgence, and Grand Island is now administered by the National Park ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	What Have We Learned about Science and Technology from the Russian Experience? more books like this by Loren R Graham add to wishlist At the time the Soviet Union broke apart in the late 1980 s, it possessed the largest scientific community in the world. The rapid development, in just a few decades, of such an immense scientific establishment in a social and economic environment strikingly different from the West presents an unusual opportunity for the world s leading authority ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Between Science & Values more books like this by Loren R. Graham add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Science and philosophy in the Soviet Union more books like this by Loren R Graham add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	Science in the New Russia: Crisis, Aid, Reform more books like this by Loren R Graham, Irina Dezhina add to wishlist The Russian science establishment was one of the largest in the world, boasting many Nobel prizes, a world-leading space programme, 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 a resulting 'brain drain. ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $20.38! \| SVS
10	Science and the Soviet Social Order more books like this by Loren R Graham (Editor) add to wishlist This book is the first to attest that science and terminology have in fact been integral to the development of Soviet culture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $59.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Moscow Stories more books like this by Loren R Graham add to wishlist The distinguished American historian of Russian and Soviet science Loren R. Graham recounts with warmth and wit his experiences during 45 years of travelling and researching in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia, from 1960 to 2005. Present for many historic events during this period, Graham writes not as a political correspondent or an ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $12.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Technology, Culture, and Development: The Experience of the Soviet Model more books like this by Loren R Graham add to wishlist Although scholars have devoted much attention to the impact of technology on society, they have tended to slight the question of how technology is affected by social systems. The authors of this volume take precisely this approach in their examination of the "Soviet model" of development. The book surveys the history and current state of science ... see all copies from $9.96! new only from $143.93!
13	El Fantasma del Ingeniero Ejecutado more books like this by Loren R Graham add to wishlist La memoria colectiva que es la historia se nos aparece hoy mucho menos como el mero relato de lo ocurrido en el pasado que como un instrumento de analisis del presente. Al termino de un siglo de expectativas fallidas, y ante un futuro incierto, necesitamos revisar criticamente esta memoria y asentaria sobre nuevas bases de conocimiento. Mas ... see all copies from $57.75! new only from $57.75!
14	The Soviet Academy of Sciences & the Communist Party, 1927-1932 more books like this by Loren R. Graham add to wishlist see all copies from $5.10! signed copies \| first editions

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