03064nam a2200661Ii 4500 ocn878117049 OCoLC 20200709060013.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140425s2014 mdu ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781421413822 (electronic bk.) 1421413825 (electronic bk.) 9781421413815 1421413817 1421413825 (electronic) (OCoLC)878117049 662224 (N$T) n-us--- e-ur--- a-is--- Q180.55.S62 E37 2014eb SCI 080000 bisacsh SCI 060000 bisacsh 500.892/4009041 23 N$TA Efron, Noah J., author. A chosen calling : Jews in science in the twentieth century / Noah J. Efron. Jews in science in the twentieth century Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College Press, 2014. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. Description based on print version record. 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. SCIENCE / Essays bisacsh SCIENCE / Reference bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Efron, Noah J., author. Chosen calling 9781421413815 (DLC) 2013036532 (OCoLC)858778267 Medicine, science, and religion in historical context. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=662224 EBSCOhost EBSC 662224 cpp2010 02 N$T 54113 54113