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

by Rick Tilman

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871692295
• ISBN13: 9780871692290
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 176 Pages