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02290aam a2200385Ii 4500 001 C3A5C0F2166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191204010031 008 190503t20192019nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781982134228 020 $a 1982134224 035 $a (OCoLC)1099692276 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $e rda $d HBP $d GO4 $d DAD $d IOU $d SILO 050 4 $a DS115 $b .L35 2019 082 04 $a 920.0092924 $2 23 100 1 $a Lebrecht, Norman, $d 1948- $e author. 245 10 $a Genius & anxiety : $b how Jews changed the world, 1847-1947 / $c Norman Lebrecht. 246 3 $a Genius and anxiety : $b how Jews changed the world, 1847-1947 246 3 $a How Jews changed the world, 1847-1947 250 $a First Scribner hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc, $c 2019. 300 $a xix, 438 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-417) and index. 520 $a "In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the way we see the world. Many of them are well known--Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from 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. What do these visionaries have in common? They all had Jewish origins. They all had a gift for thinking in wholly original, even earth-shattering ways. 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? Why?"--Amazon. 650 0 $a Jews $v Biography. 650 0 $a Gifted persons $v Biography. 650 0 $a Jews $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Jews $x History $y 20th century. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611015422.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201103023330.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20191204010252.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C3A5C0F2166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search