| Description |
1 online resource (430) |
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Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945 |
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Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Making of a Russian Engineer -- Childhood -- An Exclusive Education -- 2 First Steps in Railway Engineering -- The Science of Locomotive Testing -- 8216;Scientific Road Experiments8217; -- Towards a Professorship -- 3 Engineering Professor -- The Battle for Curricular Reform -- Research: Vision and Realities -- The Values of Consulting -- 4 The Russian Revolution of 1905 -- Liberalism and Socialism -- Socialism, Terrorism and the Future -- 5 Applications of Science on the Russian Railways, 19088211;1914 -- Management -- Research -- 6 War and Revolution, 19148211;1917 -- Russia8217;s Railways At War -- The February Revolution -- 7 America and the Bolshevik Revolution -- America -- Reactions to the October Revolution -- Across the Rubicon to Soviet Russia -- 8 Building the New Russia -- A Return to Power? -- Soviet Trade Plenipotentiary -- 9 The Diesel Revolution -- Russia and the Technical Challenges of Dieselization -- Lomonosov and Soviet Diesel Traction -- Defeat -- 10 8216;A Free Soviet Citizen Abroad8217; -- A 8216;Non-Returner8217;? -- Employment and Domicile, 19278211;1937 -- 11 Retirement and Remembrance -- Select Bibliography -- Unpublished Sources -- Published Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
From Marxist revolutionary to American academic, this book reveals the life of one of revolutionary Russia's most distinguished and controversial engineers - Iurii Vladimirovich Lomonosov (1876-1952). The book employs an exceptionally rich base of high-quality primary sources, that not only provides a much-needed account and assessment of Lomonosov's life, but also contributes to the growing academic interest in the history of science and technology in Russia and the Soviet Union |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-386) and index |
| Subject |
Lomonosov, I︠U︡. (I︠U︡riĭ), 1876-1952.
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Lomonosov, I︠U︡. (I︠U︡riĭ), 1876-1952 -- Political and social views
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Lomonosov, I︠U︡. (I︠U︡riĭ), 1876-1952 fast |
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Railroad engineers -- Soviet Union -- Biography
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Railroads -- Soviet Union -- History
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Engineering -- Soviet Union -- History
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Science -- Soviet Union -- History
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Technology -- Soviet Union -- History
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Transportation -- Soviet Union -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
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Engineering
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Political and social views
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Railroad engineers
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Railroads
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Science
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Technology
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Transportation
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Russia -- History -- Revolution, 1905-1907 -- Influence
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Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Influence
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Russia
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781409412342 |
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1409412342 |
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9780754655398 |
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0754655393 |
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