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Autore |
Efron Noah J. |
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Titolo |
A chosen calling : Jews in science in the twentieth century / / Noah J. Efron |
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Baltimore, Maryland ; ; Cincinnati : , : Johns Hopkins University Press : , : Hebrew Union College Press, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (168 p.) |
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Collana |
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Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science - Social aspects |
Judaism and science |
Jews - United States - Intellectual life - 20th century |
Jews - Russia - Intellectual life - 20th century |
Jews - Palestine - Intellectual life - 20th century |
United States Civilization Jewish influences |
Russia Civilization Jewish influences |
Palestine Civilization Jewish influences |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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