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Tilman, Rick

 
9780871692290: Jacques Loeb: His Science and Social Activism and Their Philosophical Foundations: His Science and Social Activism and Their Philosophical Foundation, ... of the American Philosophical Society)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0871692295 ISBN 13: 9780871692290
Verlag: American Philosophical Society Press, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

German born Jacques Loeb was both a biologist (nominated for the Nobel Prize in Med. in 1901) & political activist. The authors highlight Loeb's organizational actions & political opinions during the years of 1906 to 1924, the year he died. As a social activist & scientist, Loeb influenced the scientific community, the politically sensitive public, & ultimately the population against conservative & reactionary attitudes toward race, ethnicity, poverty, criminality, war & religion." He took positions on WW 1, social activism, his influence on the economist Thorstein Veblen & finally philosophy & politics. Loeb was hailed early in his career for his work on spontaneous generation of marine embryos & recognized later for his active challenge to social intolerance.

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Verlag
American Philosophical Society Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0871692295
ISBN 13 
9780871692290
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
176
Herausgeber
Rasmussen Charles
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