Meet Trofim Lysenko, The Russian Agronomist Whose Pseudoscience Doomed Millions
For decades, the lives of Soviet citizens hung on the whims of Trofim Lysenko, a man who believed that plants could be taught to bloom in winter and that nature could be mastered by raw force.
By Morgan Dunn
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Feb 9, 2021
Meet Trofim Lysenko, The Russian Agronomist Whose Pseudoscience Doomed Millions
For decades, the lives of Soviet citizens hung on the whims of Trofim Lysenko, a man who believed that plants could be taught to bloom in winter and that nature could be mastered by raw force.
By Morgan Dunn
•
February 9, 2021