A chosen calling Jews in science in the twentieth century

A chosen calling : Jews in science in the twentieth century / Noah J. Efron.

Author/creator	Efron, Noah J.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College Press, 2014.
Description	xv, 149 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	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. Jewish scientists--Social aspects --United States --History --20th century. Jewish scientists--Social aspects --Russia --History --20th century. Jewish scientists--Social aspects --Israel --History --20th century. United States--Civilization --Jewish influences. Russia--Civilization --Jewish influences. Palestine--Civilization --Jewish influences.

Portion of title	Jews in science in the twentieth century
Series	Medicine, science, and religion in historical context
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-141) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013036532
ISBN	9781421413815 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	1421413817 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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