000711477 000__ 05057cam\a2200565\i\4500 000711477 001__ 711477 000711477 005__ 20210515101020.0 000711477 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000711477 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000711477 008__ 141113t20142014mdu\\\\\o\\\\\000\0\eng\d 000711477 020__ $$a9781421413822$$q(electronic book) 000711477 020__ $$z9781421413815 000711477 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn878117049 000711477 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC3318811 000711477 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10856975 000711477 035__ $$a711477 000711477 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cCaPaEBR 000711477 043__ $$an-us---$$ae-ru---$$aa-is--- 000711477 05014 $$aQ180.55.S62$$b.E37 2014eb 000711477 08204 $$a500.892/4009041$$223 000711477 1001_ $$aEfron, Noah J.,$$eauthor. 000711477 24512 $$aA chosen calling :$$bJews in science in the twentieth century /$$cNoah J. Efron. 000711477 24630 $$aJews in science in the twentieth century 000711477 264_1 $$aBaltimore, Maryland ;$$aCincinnati :$$bJohns Hopkins University Press :$$bHebrew Union College Press,$$c2014. 000711477 264_4 $$c©2014 000711477 300__ $$a1 online resource (xv, 149 pages) 000711477 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000711477 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000711477 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 000711477 4901_ $$aMedicine, science, and religion in historical context 000711477 5050_ $$aPreface : 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. 000711477 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000711477 520__ $$aScholars have struggled for decades to explain why Jews have succeeded extravagantly in modern science. A variety of controversial theories from such intellects as C. P. Snow, Norbert Wiener, and Nathaniel Weyl have been promoted. Snow hypothesized an evolved genetic predisposition to scientific success. Wiener suggested that the breeding habits of Jews sustained hereditary qualities conducive for learning. Economist and eugenicist Weyl attributed Jewish intellectual eminence to "seventeen centuries of breeding for scholars." Rejecting the idea that Jews have done well in science because of uniquely Jewish traits, Jewish brains, and Jewish habits of mind, historian of science Noah J. Efron approaches the Jewish affinity for science through the geographic and cultural circumstances of Jews who were compelled to settle in new worlds in the early twentieth century. Seeking relief from religious persecution, millions of Jews resettled in the United States, Palestine, and the Soviet Union, with large concentrations of settlers in New York, Tel Aviv, and Moscow. Science played a large role in the lives and livelihoods of these immigrants: it was a universal force that transcended the arbitrary Old World orders that had long ensured the exclusion of all but a few Jews from the seats of power, wealth, and public esteem. Although the three destinations were far apart geographically, the links among the communities were enduring and spirited. This shared experience of facing the future in new worlds, both physical and conceptual provided a generation of Jews with opportunities unlike any their parents and grandparents had known. The tumultuous recent century of Jewish history, which saw both a methodical campaign to blot out Europe's Jews and the inexorable absorption of Western Jews into the societies in which they now live, is illuminated by the place of honor science held in Jewish imaginations. Science was central to their dreams of creating new worlds - welcoming worlds - for a persecuted people. This provocative work will appeal to historians of science as well as scholars of religion, Jewish studies, and Zionism. 000711477 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000711477 650_0 $$aScience$$xSocial aspects. 000711477 650_0 $$aJudaism and science. 000711477 650_0 $$aJews$$zUnited States$$xIntellectual life$$y20th century. 000711477 650_0 $$aJews$$zRussia$$xIntellectual life$$y20th century. 000711477 650_0 $$aJews$$zPalestine$$xIntellectual life$$y20th century. 000711477 650_0 $$aJewish scientists$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000711477 650_0 $$aJewish scientists$$xSocial aspects$$zRussia$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000711477 650_0 $$aJewish scientists$$xSocial aspects$$zIsrael$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000711477 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xCivilization$$xJewish influences. 000711477 651_0 $$aRussia$$xCivilization$$xJewish influences. 000711477 651_0 $$aPalestine$$xCivilization$$xJewish influences. 000711477 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aEfron, Noah J.$$tChosen calling.$$dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Cincinnati : Hebrew Union College Press, 2014$$z9781421413815$$w(DLC) 2013036532$$w(OCoLC)858778267 000711477 830_0 $$aMedicine, science, and religion in historical context. 000711477 8520_ $$bacq 000711477 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000711477 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3318811$$zOnline Access 000711477 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:711477$$pGLOBAL_SET 000711477 980__ $$aEBOOK 000711477 980__ $$aBIB 000711477 982__ $$aEbook 000711477 983__ $$aOnline