A chosen calling :
Efron, Noah J.,
A chosen calling : Jews in science in the twentieth century / Jews in science in the twentieth century Noah J. Efron. - 1 online resource. - Medicine, science, and religion in historical context . - Medicine, science, and religion in historical context. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781421413822 (electronic bk.) 1421413825 (electronic bk.)
Science--Social aspects.
Judaism and science.
Jews--Intellectual life--United States--20th century.
Jews--Intellectual life--Russia--20th century.
Jews--Intellectual life--Palestine--20th century.
Jewish scientists--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Jewish scientists--Social aspects--History--Russia--20th century.
Jewish scientists--Social aspects--History--Israel--20th century.
SCIENCE / Essays
SCIENCE / Reference
United States--Civilization--Jewish influences.
Russia--Civilization--Jewish influences.
Palestine--Civilization--Jewish influences.
Electronic books.
Q180.55.S62 / E37 2014eb
500.892/4009041
A chosen calling : Jews in science in the twentieth century / Jews in science in the twentieth century Noah J. Efron. - 1 online resource. - Medicine, science, and religion in historical context . - Medicine, science, and religion in historical context. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781421413822 (electronic bk.) 1421413825 (electronic bk.)
Science--Social aspects.
Judaism and science.
Jews--Intellectual life--United States--20th century.
Jews--Intellectual life--Russia--20th century.
Jews--Intellectual life--Palestine--20th century.
Jewish scientists--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Jewish scientists--Social aspects--History--Russia--20th century.
Jewish scientists--Social aspects--History--Israel--20th century.
SCIENCE / Essays
SCIENCE / Reference
United States--Civilization--Jewish influences.
Russia--Civilization--Jewish influences.
Palestine--Civilization--Jewish influences.
Electronic books.
Q180.55.S62 / E37 2014eb
500.892/4009041
