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Author Efron, Noah J., author

Title A chosen calling : Jews in science in the twentieth century / Noah J. Efron
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Medicine, science, and religion in historical context
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 Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject 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
SCIENCE -- Essays.
SCIENCE -- Reference.
Civilization -- Jewish influences
Jews -- Intellectual life
Judaism and science
Science -- Social aspects
SUBJECT United States -- Civilization -- Jewish influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139963
Russia -- Civilization -- Jewish influences
Palestine -- Civilization -- Jewish influences
Subject Israel
Middle East -- Palestine
Russia
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781421413822
1421413825
Other Titles Jews in science in the twentieth century