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Anton Dohrn - A Life for Science. Introduction by Karl J. Partsch. With a contribution by Margret Boveri. Ed. by Christiane Groeben

English · Hardback

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One hundred years after the birth of Anton Dohrn, his biography was compiled by Theodor Heuss, first president of the Federal Republic of Germany and a friend of the Dohrn family. Heuss not only conveys the family history of this great scientist, but also interweaves scientific and cultural history into his narrative. As a result a fascinating yet true story which provides insight into the cultural, political and scientific life in both Germany and Italy at the turn of the century has been created. "Anton Dohrn (1840-1909) was founder of the once world-famous zoological station at Naples, 'a permanent international congress of zoologists' ...written as a classic 'life and letters', A Life for Science...gives an excellent description of an interesting scientist in touch with the leading biologists of his time." (Arch. of Natural History)
Dieses Buch ist die englische Ausgabe der schon lange vergriffenen deutschen Lebensgeschichte von Anton Dohrn, dem Begründer der Zoologischen Station Neapel, geschrieben vor dem zweiten Weltkrieg von dem späteren Bundespräsidenten Theodor Heuss.

List of contents

Contents: Editorial remarks.- The ancestors.- Youth and development.- The daring experiment.- The struggle for the project.- Security and accomplishment.- Postscript.- The house on Rione Amedeo.- Letters by Anton Dohrn.

About the author

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Theodor Heuss, geboren 1884 in Brackenheim bei Heilbronn, gestorben 1963 in Stuttgart, war von 1924 - 1928 und 1930 - 1933 Mitglied des Reichstages. Nach Hitlers Machtübernahme freier Schriftsteller, 1945 wurde er Kultminister von Württemberg-Baden, 1948 Vorsitzer der FDP und Mitglied des Parlamentarischen Rates. Von 1949 - 1959 war Heuss der erste Präsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. 1959 wurde der Staatsmann mit dem Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels ausgezeichnet.

Product details

Authors Theodor Heuss
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.1991
 
EAN 9783540535614
ISBN 978-3-540-53561-4
No. of pages 401
Weight 482 g
Illustrations m. 9 Abb.
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries

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