Name
Title | ||
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From molecules to the biosphere: Nikolai V. Timoféeff-Ressovsky’s (1900–1981) research program within a totalitarian landscape |
Abstract | ||
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Nikolai Vladimirovich Timoféeff-Ressovsky was one of the key figures in the Synthetic Theory of Evolution. Living and researching
under what was arguably the two most powerful and cruel totalitarian regimes in human history, the Third Reich and the Soviet
Union, Timoféeff-Ressovsky succeeded in developing an ambitious research program aiming to explain evolution on all major
levels, from the molecular-genetic, the populational, and the biogeocenotic to the level of the entire Biosphere. Yet his
scientific biography remains largely unwritten and his role under totalitarianism, especially in Nazi Germany, remains highly
controversial. Here we approach the problem of his hypothetical cooperation with Nazi authorities examining both the crucial
episodes of his biography and summarizing the development of his research program. We conclude that the key decisions he made
reflected the specificity of his research program that was focused on the fundamental questions of evolutionary biology. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2009 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12064-009-0076-x | Theory in Biosciences |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
Timoféeff-Ressovsky,Evolutionary Synthesis,Nazi Germany,Molecular genetics,The Biosphere theory,Biogeocenosis,Radiobiology | Journal | 128 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
4 | 1431-7613 | 1 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.63 | 4 | 2 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgy S. Levit | 1 | 36 | 12.79 |
| Uwe Hoßfeld | 2 | 54 | 17.47 |