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Author Efron, Noah J., author.

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

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College Press, 2014.

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 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  500.8924 EFRON    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  500.8924 EFRON    Check Shelf
Description xv, 149 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Medicine, science, and religion in historical context
Medicine, science, and religion in historical context.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-141) and index.
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.
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.
United States -- Civilization -- Jewish influences.
Russia -- Civilization -- Jewish influences.
Palestine -- Civilization -- Jewish influences.
Added Title Jews in science in the twentieth century
ISBN 9781421413815 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1421413817 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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