Lonely ideas : can Russia compete? / Loren Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Loren R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Russia (Federation).

Technological innovations.

High technology industries.

Industrialization.

Research, Industrial.

Russia (Federation).

Technology and state--Russia (Federation).

Technology and state.

Research, Industrial--Russia (Federation).

Industrialization--Russia (Federation).

High technology industries--Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

xi, 204 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]

Contents:

I The Problem: Why Can't Russia, after Three Centuries of Trying, Modernize? 1

1 The Early Arms Industry: Early Achievement, Later Slump 3

2 Railroads: Promise and Distortion 17

3 The Electrical Industry: Failed Inventors of the Nineteenth Century 27

4 Aviation: A Frustrated Master, a Deformed Industry 41

5 Soviet Industrialization: The Myth That It Was Modernization 47

6 The Semiconductor Industry: Unheralded and Unrewarded Russian Pioneers 61

7 Genetics and Biotechnology: The Missed Revolution 69

8 Computers: Victory and Failure 75

9 Lasers: Genius and Missed Opportunities 81

10 The Exceptions and What They Prove: Software, Space, Nuclear Power 91

II What Are the Causes of the Problem? 99

11 The Attitudinal Question 103

12 The Political Order 109

13 Social Barriers 113

14 The Legal System 119

15 Economic Factors 127

16 Corruption and Crime 131

17 The Organization of Education and Research 135

III Can Russia Overcome Its Problem Today? Russia's Unique Opportunity 143

18 Creating New Foundations and Research Universities 145

19 RUSNANO (Nanotechnology) and Skolkovo (a New Technology City) 149

20 How Russia Could Break Out of Its Three-Centuries-Old Trap 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262019798

0262019795

OCLC:

830668927