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Lebrecht, Norman

 
9781786078292: Genius and Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847–1947
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ISBN 10 : 1786078295 ISBN 13 : 9781786078292
Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2020

Synopsis

A unique chronicle of the hundred-year period when the Jewish people changed the world – and it changed them

‘A riveting, gossipy, action-packed, seam-bursting blast through 100 years of (mainly) European history… Impressively wide-ranging in scope and unflaggingly fascinating.’ FINANCIAL TIMES

Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Bernhardt and Kafka. Between the middle of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a few dozen men and women changed the way we see the world. But many have vanished from our collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Without Paul Ehrlich no chemotherapy. Without Siegfried Marcus no motor car. Without Rosalind Franklin genetic science would look very different. Without Fritz Haber there would not be enough food to sustain life on earth.

These visionaries all have something in common – their Jewish origins and a gift for thinking outside the box.

In 1847 the Jewish people made up less than 0.25% of the world’s population, and yet they saw what others could not. How?

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À propos de l'auteur

Norman Lebrecht is the author of twelve works of non-fiction, including Genius and Anxiety, also published by Oneworld, and the international bestsellers The Maestro Myth, Why Mahler? and The Life and Death of Classical Music, which have been translated into seventeen languages. His first novel, The Song of Names, won a Whitbread Award and is now an award-winning film. He writes for the Spectator and the Wall Street Journal, and is working on his fourth novel. He lives in London. @NLebrecht    normanlebrecht.com

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Éditeur
Oneworld Publications
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1786078295
ISBN 13 
9781786078292
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
448
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