A Martian Stranded on Earth : Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions, and Proletarian Science - Nikolai Krementsov

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A Martian Stranded on Earth

Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions, and Proletarian Science

By: Nikolai Krementsov

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Hardcover | 15 July 2011 | Edition Number 1

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Much like Vladimir Lenin, his onetime rival for the leadership of the Bolshevik party during its formative years, Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928) was a visionary. In two science fiction novels set on Mars, Bogdanov imagined a future in which the workers of the world, liberated from capitalist exploitation, create a “physiological collective” that rejuvenates and unites its members through regular blood exchanges. But Bogdanov was not merely a dreamer. He worked tirelessly to popularize and realize his vision, founding the first research institute devoted to the science of blood transfusion.

In A Martian Stranded on Earth, the first broad-based book on Bogdanov in English, Nikolai Krementsov examines Bogdanov’s roles as revolutionary, novelist, and scientist, presenting his protagonist as a coherent thinker who pursued his ideas in a wide range of venues. Through the lens of Bogdanov’s involvement with blood studies on one hand, and of his fictional and philosophical writings on the other, Krementsov offers a nuanced analysis of the interactions between scientific ideas and societal values.

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"A Martian Stranded on Earth is the only major work on Bogdanov that fully treats his diverse activities as richly interconnected. This is a splendid little gem of a book." (Mark B. Adams, University of Pennsylvania)"

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List of Illustrations	p. ix
Note on Translation and Transliteration	p. xi
Genealogy and Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Revolutions: The Big Science of Visionary Biology	p. 1
Transfusions: Ideas, People, and Places	p. 15
Voyagers: To Mars and Back	p. 33
Earthly Realities: The Health of the Ruling Elite	p. 55
Struggles for Viability: Proletarian Science in Action	p. 73
Blood and Socialism: The Death of a Hero	p. 93
Lessons and Legacies: A Martian on Earth	p. 113
List of Abbreviations	p. 129
Notes	p. 131
References	p. 147
Index	p. 169
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A Martian Stranded on Earth

Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions, and Proletarian Science

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