The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov
The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Great Scientists of the Twentieth Century
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Word Count
104,000 words, Guess
Page Count
416 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100743264983
- ISBN-139780743264983
- LibraryThing5248958
- Library of Congress Control Number2008003510
- OCLC Control Number191751584
and 2 more
- Better World BooksP8-DEI-303
- Open LibraryOL10723399M
Classifications
- LCCSB63.V38 P35 2008
Description
Describes the life and career of Nikolai Vavilov, a Soviet botanist who created the world's first seed bank, and his political problems and persecution later in life that resulted in his imprisonment and death.
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