New Atlantis revisited : Akademgorodok, the Siberian city of science
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1997. 1st edition. Library copy. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: From Colwall Library with their bookplate to front pastedown. Item #397023
ISBN: 0691044546
Physical description: xxii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-341) and index. Contents: Ch. 1. From Moscow, Leningrad, and Ukraine to the Golden Valley -- Ch. 2. Colliding Beams and Open Traps -- Ch. 3. Siberia -- Land of Eternally Green Tomatoes -- Ch. 4. Machines Can Think, but Can Humans? -- Ch. 5. Siberian Scientists and the Engineers of Nature -- Ch. 6. The Siberian Algorithm -- Ch. 7. Crackdown: The Communist Party and Academic Freedom in Akademgorodok. Subjects: Science history; Institutional History; Sciences Russie Akademgorodok (Novossibirsk) Histoire; Politics and government; Science Russia (Federation); Science history; Soviet Union; Russia (Federation) Politics and government History 20th century; Siberia (Russia).
Price: €60.00