"Lysenko, Genes of Stalinism," 1948
8 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches

Trofim Lysenko (1898-1976) was the leading Soviet biologist of the Stalinist period, who led a movement against Western genetics, arguing that socialism would be the driving force behind superior plant species. His theories stood at the forefront of Soviet science until late 1950s when many of Lysenko’s theories were discredited and orthodox genetics restored.