THE MURDER OF NIKOLAI VAVILOV: THE STORY OF STALIN'S PERSECUTION OF ONE OF THE GREAT SCIENTISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
NY: Simon & Schuster, 2008. Illustrated With Photographs. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation from Pringle on the title page, to professor Per Pinstrup-Anderson. Pinstrup-Andersen is Professor Emeritus and Professor of the Graduate School at Cornell University. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Agricultural Economics Association. He is also the 2001 World Food Prize Laureate and the recipient of several awards for his teaching, research and communication. Vavilov has the goal of ending hunger and famine in the world using the emerging field of genetics to breed super plants that could grow anywhere.
Uncommon to encounter a signed copy, much less with such a nice association. Tall 8vo., cream-colored cloth & boards in dust jacket; 370 pages. Item #55780
Near fine (covers very nice; contents clean & tight); fine d/j.
Price: $85.00