[Squishy] Science seminar at Berkeley, 5pm, Monday February 11

[rachel@goop.org]

I'm going. Anyone else?

Alexei Kojevnikov 
Department of History, University of Georgia 

The Great War, the Russian Civil War, and the Invention of Big Science

The revolutionary transformation in Russian science towards the Soviet model of 
research started even before the revolution of 1917. It was triggered by the 
crisis of World War I, in response to which Russian academics proposed radical 
changes in the goals and infrastructure of the country's scientific effort. 
Their drafts envisioned the recognition of science as a profession separate 
from teaching, the creation of research institutes, and the turn towards 
practical, applied research subordinated to the military and industrial needs 
of the nation. The political revolution and especially the Bolshevik government 
that shared or appropriated many of the same views on science, helped 
materialize this reform during the subsequent Civil War. By 1921, the 
foundation of a novel system of research and development became established, 
which in its most essential characteristics was similar to the later U.S. 
phenomenon known as "big science." 

5:00-6:30 PM
Monday, February 11, 2002
203 Wheeler Hall

Office for History of Science and Technology, 543 Stephens Hall #2350
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-2350
tel: (510) 642-5321, e-mail: Office@ohst7.berkeley.edu