Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
He’s been described as the “Indiana Jones of Botany” and the “father of modern plant genetics.” In the early 20th century, Russian botanist Nikolai Vavilov amassed a collection of 250,000 seed varieties, developing innovative theories about the links between genetics and agricultural production. But he fell victim to the ideology of Joseph Stalin. We speak with author Peter Pringle about the life and legacy of Nikolai Vavilov.
Guests
- Peter Pringle Author, "The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Great Scientists of the Twentieth Century" (Simon & Schuster)
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