Intellectual Pursuits of Nicolas Rashevsky The Queer Duck of Biolog
Who was Nicolas Rashevsky? To answer that question, this book draws on Rashevsky’s unexplored personal archival papers and shares interviews with his family, students and friends, as well as discussions with biologists and mathematical biologists, to fles
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Maya M. Shmailov
Intellectual Pursuits of Nicolas Rashevsky The Queer Duck of Biology
Science Networks. Historical Studies
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Maya M. Shmailov
Intellectual Pursuits of Nicolas Rashevsky The Queer Duck of Biology
Maya M. Shmailov Interdisciplinary Unit Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel
ISSN 1421-6329 ISSN 2296-6080 (electronic) Science Networks. Historical Studies ISBN 978-3-319-39921-8 ISBN 978-3-319-39922-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39922-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016950719 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This book is published under the trade name Birkha¨user (www.birkhauser-science.com) The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
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Preface
Science is the creation of scientists, and every scientific advance bears somehow the mark of the man who made it.1 Anne Roe, 1961
History of science is told through the endeavors, often heroic, of its primary characters. Historians tend to center on the heroes whose names and scientific accomplishments at times precede the disciplines in which they played a major role. Rarely is the history of a discipline “rewritten” by its practitioners to leave out the hero who indefatigably fought and strived toward its establishment. One such hero is Nicolas R
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