Russian Culture and Soviet Science.

Abstract

This thesis analyzes the effect of Russian culture and Soviet ideology on Soviet science. Russian culture is shown to inhibit the ability of Soviet scientists to achieve major breakthroughs or develop radically new theories. Culture does, however, enhance the Soviet ability to thoroughly exploit and innovatively apply proven scientific theories and technologies. The Soviet inability to achieve breakthroughs compels their reliance on Western technology. Their proficiency in exploiting proven technologies enables the Soviets to compete effectively with Western military systems. Thomas Kuhn's description of the scientific process is utilized as a framework in this analysis. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA143600

Entities

People

  • B. C. Galvin

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Doctrine
  • Economic Systems
  • Education
  • Genetics
  • Governments
  • Military Research
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Rockets
  • Scientific Theories
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design