First published in 1988, Science, Politics and the Cold War is a history of the cold-war era that demonstrates the extent to which science and scientists have been implicated in every aspect of the political process.
Named a Best Book of the Year by Scientific American and The Economist The riveting, untold true story of the botanists at the world's first seed bank who made ';the mad, heroic decision during the siege of Leningrad to guard biodiversity at the cost of human life' (The New York Times, Editors' Choice)from the award-winning author of The Island of Extraordinary Captives.