A chosen calling : Jews in science in the twentieth century / Noah J. Efron.
- Efron, Noah J.
- Date:
- 2014
- Books
About this work
Also known as
Jews in science in the twentieth century
Publication/Creation
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College Press, 2014.
Physical description
xv, 149 pages ; 24 cm.
Contributors
Contents
Preface : a vanload of rabbis in the culture wars of Kentucky -- Introduction : "Ridiculously disproportionate"? -- "Holding high the torch of civilization" : American Jews and twentieth-century science -- "Second only to Communism" : making Soviet Jews and Soviet science -- "Making a land of experiments" : science and technology in Zionist imagination and enterprise -- Conclusion : when all worlds were new worlds.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Subjects
- ScienceSocial aspects
- Judaism and science
- JewsUnited StatesIntellectual life20th century
- JewsRussiaIntellectual life20th century
- JewsPalestineIntellectual life20th century
- Jewish scientistsSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th century
- Jewish scientistsSocial aspectsRussiaHistory20th century
- Jewish scientistsSocial aspectsIsraelHistory20th century
- 20th century
- United StatesCivilizationJewish influences
- RussiaCivilization
- PalestineCivilization
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineABPJ.AA9Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781421413815
- 1421413817