Nikolai Krementsov

The Quest for Immortality in Bolshevik Science and FictionThrough an analysis of the interplay between scientific and literary experiments aimed at abolishing death, this book examines the transformation of specialized biomedical knowledge into an influential cultural resource that facilitated the establishment of large specialized institutions,...

Who are we? Where did we come from and where are we going? What is the meaning of life and death? Can we abolish death and live forever? These "big" questions of human nature and human destiny have boggled humanity's best minds for centuries. But they assumed a particular urgency and saliency in 1920s Russia, just as the country was emerging from...