Lonely ideas : can Russia compete? /
Loren Graham.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2013.
- xi, 204 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-190) and index.
p. 1. The problem : why can't Russia, after three centuries of trying, modernize? -- The early arms industry : early achievement, later slump -- Railroads : promise and distortion -- The electrical industry : failed inventors of the nineteenth century -- Aviation : a frustrated master, a deformed industry -- Soviet industrialization : the myth that it was modernization -- The semiconductor industry : unheralded and unrewarded russian pioneers -- Genetics and biotechnology : the missed revolution -- Computers : victory and failure -- Lasers : genius and missed opportunities -- The exceptions and what they prove : software, space, nuclear power -- p. 2. What are the causes of the problem? -- The attitudinal question -- The political order -- Social barriers -- The legal system -- Economic factors -- Corruption and crime -- The organization of education and research -- p. 3. Can Russia overcome its problem today? Russia's unique opportunity -- Creating new foundations and research universities -- RUSNANO (nanotechnology) and Skolkovo (a new technology city) -- How Russia could break out of its three-centuries-old trap.
9780262019798 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
2013009425
Technological innovations--Russia (Federation) Innovaciones tecnológicas--Federación Rusa. Technology and state--Russia (Federation) Research, Industrial--Russia (Federation) Investigación industrial--Federación Rusa. Industrialization--Russia (Federation) Industrialización--Federación Rusa. High technology industries--Russia (Federation) Industria de alta tecnología--Federación Rusa.