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Vienna in the Age of Uncertainty
Deborah R. Coen
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Description for Vienna in the Age of Uncertainty
Paperback. Traces the vital and varied roles of science through the story of three generations of the eminent Exner family, whose members included Nobel Prize - winning biologist Karl Frisch, the teachers of Freud and of physicist Erwin Schrodinger, artists of the Vienna Secession, and a leader of Vienna's women's movement. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFA; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
"Vienna in the Age of Uncertainty" traces the vital and varied roles of science through the story of three generations of the eminent Exner family, whose members included Nobel Prize - winning biologist Karl Frisch, the teachers of Freud and of physicist Erwin Schrodinger, artists of the Vienna Secession, and a leader of Vienna's women's movement. Training her critical eye on the Exners through the rise and fall of Austrian liberalism and into the rise of the Third Reich, Deborah R. Coen demonstrates the interdependence of the family's scientific and domestic lives, exploring the ways in which public notions of ... Read more
"Vienna in the Age of Uncertainty" traces the vital and varied roles of science through the story of three generations of the eminent Exner family, whose members included Nobel Prize - winning biologist Karl Frisch, the teachers of Freud and of physicist Erwin Schrodinger, artists of the Vienna Secession, and a leader of Vienna's women's movement. Training her critical eye on the Exners through the rise and fall of Austrian liberalism and into the rise of the Third Reich, Deborah R. Coen demonstrates the interdependence of the family's scientific and domestic lives, exploring the ways in which public notions of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226111735
SKU
V9780226111735
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About Deborah R. Coen
Deborah R. Coen is assistant professor of history at Barnard College, Columbia University.
Reviews for Vienna in the Age of Uncertainty
"A lucid and erudite account of a complex cultural phenomenon that will be of use to both historians of science and students of Austrian culture." (American Historical Review) "An important contribution to understanding what was distinctive in this culture." (Journal of Modern History) "An important contribution... one that will especially interest those fascinated by the varied interactions among science, society, ... Read more