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Traces the vital and varied roles of science through the story of three generations of the eminent Exner family, whose members included Nobel Prize - winning biologist Karl Frisch, the teachers of Freud and of physicist Erwin Schrodinger, artists of the Vienna Secession, and a leader of Vienna's women's movement.

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"A lucid and erudite account of a complex cultural phenomenon that will be of use to both historians of science and students of Austrian culture." (American Historical Review) "An important contribution to understanding what was distinctive in this culture." (Journal of Modern History) "An important contribution... one that will especially interest those fascinated by the varied interactions among science, society, and culture." (Science)"

Vienna in the Age of Uncertainty Science

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 30/06/2011
      ISBN13: 9780226111735, 978-0226111735
      ISBN10: 0226111733
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      Book Synopsis
      Traces the vital and varied roles of science through the story of three generations of the eminent Exner family, whose members included Nobel Prize - winning biologist Karl Frisch, the teachers of Freud and of physicist Erwin Schrodinger, artists of the Vienna Secession, and a leader of Vienna's women's movement.

      Trade Review
      "A lucid and erudite account of a complex cultural phenomenon that will be of use to both historians of science and students of Austrian culture." (American Historical Review) "An important contribution to understanding what was distinctive in this culture." (Journal of Modern History) "An important contribution... one that will especially interest those fascinated by the varied interactions among science, society, and culture." (Science)"

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