Loren Graham, <i>Lysenko's Ghost: Epigenetics and Russia</i>. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016. 209 pp. $24.95
Journal: Journal of Cold War Studies
Year: 2017

Loren Graham is a unique resource for anyone who hopes to understand Russia's complex intellectual and scientific life. Few scholars are so well-equipped to locate the narrative of Soviet/Russian biology in the context of historical legacies, global research in the life sciences, and recent political developments.As Graham has done repeatedly over a career spanning six decades, he takes Soviet and Russian scientists’ views seriously and evaluates them objectively. The bottom line is that the rec