The invention of Mikhail Lomonosov : a Russian national myth /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Usitalo, Steven A.
Other Authors: Marker, Gary, 1948- (series editor.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2013.
Series:Imperial encounters in Russian history.
Subjects:
Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, > 1711-1765.
Lomonosov, Michail Vasilʹevič > 1711-1765
1700-1799
Authors, Russian > 18th century > Biography.
Enlightenment > Russia.
Russian literature > 18th century.
Science > Russia > 18th century.
Écrivains russes > 18e siècle > Biographies.
Siècle des Lumières > Russie.
Littérature russe > 18e siècle.
Sciences > Russie > 18e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > History.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Authors, Russian.
Civilization.
Enlightenment.
Russian literature.
Science.
Rezeption
Kulturhistoria.
Intellektuellt liv.
Russia > Civilization > 18th century.
Russie > Civilisation > 18e siècle.
Russia.
Biography
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Honor and status in Lemonosov's 'autobiography'
  • 2. Russia's 'own Platos and quick-witted Newtons' : inventing the scientist
  • 3. Lomonosov in the age of Pushkin
  • 4. Commemorating Russia's 'first scientist'
  • 5. Boris Menshutkin and the 'rediscovery' of Lomonosov
  • Epilogue : afterlife of the myth.

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