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Nikolai Vavilov: The Scientist Who Wanted to Feed the World and Died of Starvation

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Nikolai Vavilov: The Scientist Who Wanted to Feed the World and Died of Starvation
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One of the greatest scientists of the 20th century, Nikolai Vavilov, dreamed of ending world hunger, but in 1943, he himself died of starvation in a Saratov prison. A pioneer of Russian genetics and a tireless and resilient plant hunter, he fell victim to the ideologicalization of Stalinist science. Never one to back down from scientific challenges or arduous expeditions to the wildest corners of the Earth, Nikolai Vavilov was unable to resist the onslaught of the cynical, opportunistic demagogue Trofim Lysenko. The purge of geneticists set Russian science back an entire generation and caused enormous harm to the country.

In reconstructing the story of how a monumental humanitarian mission led Nikolai Vavilov to death by starvation, Peter Pringle draws on newly discovered archival documents, personal and official correspondence, vivid expedition reports, previously unpublished family letters and diaries, and eyewitness accounts. This deeply humane and vivid account paints a vivid portrait of a brilliant scientist, a bon vivant, and a dedicated man who never gave up his great dream until his very last days.
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