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Scientific Cooperation, State Conflict
This volume explores the role of scientists in mitigating international conflict and opportunities for future action. Are there critical advantages offered by science and scientists that allow them to be influential actors in promoting peace and cooperation? Through cases and historical reflections by participating scientists and diplomats, the essays assess the impact scientists have had on mitigating conflict or aiding in the normalization of relations between states.
A Chosen Calling
Questions traditional explanations for Jewish excellence in science in the United States, the Soviet Union, and Palestine in the twentieth century. Scholars have struggled for decades to explain why Jews have succeeded extravagantly in modern science. A variety of controversial theories—from such intellects as C. P. Snow, Norbert Wiener, and Nathaniel Weyl—have been promoted. Snow hypothesized an evolved genetic predisposition to scientific success. Wiener suggested that the breeding habits of Jews sustained hereditary qualities conducive for learning. Economist and eugenicist Weyl attributed Jewish intellectual eminence to "seventeen centuries of breeding for scholars." Rejecting the id...
