Lonely Ideas: Can Russia Compete?

by Loren R. Graham

Book Overview

An expert investigates Russia's long history of technological invention followed by commercial failure and points to new opportunities to break the pattern.

When have you gone into an electronics store, picked up a desirable gadget, and found that it was labeled "Made in Russia"? Probably never. Russia, despite its epic intellectual achievements in music, literature, art, and pure science, is a negligible presence in world technology. Despite...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262019795
• ISBN13: 9780262019798
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher