Jacques Loeb: His Science and Social Activism and Their Philosophical Foundation, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 229) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780871692290)

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.

Author: Charles Rasmussen
ISBN-10: 0871692295
ISBN-13: 9780871692290
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1998
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d