Genius & anxiety : how Jews changed the world, 1847-1947

The Resource Genius & anxiety : how Jews changed the world, 1847-1947
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Genius & anxiety : how Jews changed the world, 1847-1947
Title remainder
how Jews changed the world, 1847-1947
Statement of responsibility
Norman Lebrecht
Title variation
Genius and anxiety
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Language
eng
Summary
"In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the way we see the world. Many of them are well known--Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Without Paul Ehrlich, no chemotherapy. Without Siegfried Marcus, no motor car. Without Rosalind Franklin, genetic science would look very different. Without Fritz Haber, there would not be enough food to sustain life on earth. What do these visionaries have in common? They all had Jewish origins. They all had a gift for thinking in wholly original, even earth-shattering ways. In 1847 the Jewish people made up less than 0.25% of the world's population, and yet they saw what others could not. How? Why?"--Amazon
Cataloging source
YDX
Dewey number
920.0092924
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
DS115
LC item number
.L35 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

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