Michael Gordin, Professor of History and Director of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, details the scientific and political battles fought by Zhores Medvedev in the Soviet Union in an article in Aeon titled “Zhores Medvedev and the battle for truth in Soviet science.”
In a recent feature on the University homepage, Gordin discussed Mendeleev’s periodic table, now turning 150 years old.
Read the full story on the University homepage.
Read the Aeon article here.