U knyzi Viktora Danylenka rozkryvayet′sya istoriya zhyttya ta bahatohrannoyi diyal′nosti Volodymyra Ivanovycha Vernads′koho, im’ya yakoho posidaye odne z naypochesnishych mists′ u svitoviy nautsi. Uvaha chytacha aktsentuyet′sya na hromads′ko-politychniy diyal′nosti vchenoho, yakoyu vin zaymavsya u promizhkach mizh naukovoyu pratseyu. Natomist′ polityka zaymalasya nym postiyno. V dorevolyutsiyniy Rosiyi vin buv pid kontrolem tsars′koyi ochranky, a v radyans′kiy Rosiyi nikoly ne vypadav z polya zoru chekistiv. Kym zhe i yakym buv «ukrayins′kyy, rosiys′kyy i radyans′kyy» vchenyy, intelektual′nyy tytan CHCH stolittya, hromadyanyn Rosiyi i velykyy syn Ukrayiny v politychnomu plyni istorychnoho chasu?