The invention of Mikhail Lomonosov : : a Russian national myth / / Steven A. Usitalo.
This study explores the evolution of Lomonosov's imposing stature in Russian thought from the middle of the eighteenth century to the closing years of the Soviet period. It reveals much about the intersection in Russian culture of attitudes towards the meaning and significance of science, as we...
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Place / Publishing House: | Brighton, Massachusetts : : Academic Studies Press,, 2013. ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Imperial Encounters in Russian History
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Honor and Status in Lomonosov's "Autobiography"
- Chapter 2. Russia's "Own Platos and Quick-Witted Newtons": Inventing the Scientist
- Chapter 3. Lomonosov in the Age of Pushkin
- Chapter 4. Commemorating Russia's "First Scientist"
- Chapter 5. Boris Menshutkin and the "Rediscovery" of Lomonosov
- Epilogue. Afterlife of the Myth
- Bibliography
- Index