Salvador Luria: an immigrant biologist in cold war America (Record no. 58642)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780262046466 |
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| Classification number | 579.092 |
| Item number | SEL |
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| Personal name | Selya, Rena |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Salvador Luria: an immigrant biologist in cold war America |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Cambridge, Massachusetts: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | The MIT Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 235p.: |
| Other physical details | ill; hbk: |
| Dimensions | 24cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index.<br/> |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The life of Nobel-winning biologist Salvador Luria, whose passion for science was equaled by his commitment to political engagement in Cold War America.<br/>Blacklisted from federal funding review panels but awarded a Nobel Prize for his research on bacteriophage, biologist Salvador Luria (1912–1991) was as much an activist as a scientist. In this first full-length biography of Luria, Rena Selya draws on extensive archival research; interviews with Luria's family, colleagues, and students; and FBI documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act to create a compelling portrait of a man committed to both science and society.<br/>In addition to his work with viruses and bacteria in the 1940s, Luria broke new ground in molecular biology and cancer research from the 1950s to the 1980s and was a leader in calling for scientists to accept an educational and advisory responsibility to the public. In return, he believed, the public should rely on science to strengthen social and political institutions.<br/>Luria was born in Italy, where the Fascists came to power when he was ten. He left Italy for France due to the antisemetic Race Laws of 1938, and then fled as a Jewish refugee from Nazi Europe, making his way to the United States. Once an American citizen, Luria became a grassroots activist on behalf of civil rights, labor representation, nuclear disarmament, and American military disengagement from the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. Luria joined the MIT faculty in 1960 and was the founding director of the Center for Cancer Research. Throughout his life he remained as passionate about his engagement with political issues as about his science, and continued to fight for peace and freedom until his death.<br/><br/>https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262046466/salvador-luria/ |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Biography |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Biologist |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | American society |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Cold war |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Microbiologists--United States--Biography |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Microbiologists--Italy--Biography |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Luria, S. E. (Salvador Edward), 1912-1991 |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | IIT Gandhinagar | IIT Gandhinagar | 06/07/2023 | 34 | 2900.17 | 579.092 SEL | 033170 | 06/07/2023 | 1 | 2900.17 | Books |
