{"product_id":"9781786078292","title":"Genius and Anxiety : How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Lebrecht, Norman, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/09\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 448 pages, 16 greyscale chapter frontispieces,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Oneworld Publications,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Oneworld Publications,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Social \u0026amp; cultural history, History of ideas, Jewish studies\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781786078292\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eMarx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Bernhardt and Kafka. Between the middle of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a few dozen men and women changed the way we see the world. But many have vanished from our collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Without Paul Ehrlich no chemotherapy. Without Siegfried Marcus no motor car.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout Rosalind Franklin genetic science would look very different. Without Fritz Haber there would not be enough food to sustain life on earth. These visionaries all have something in common - their Jewish origins and a gift for thinking outside the box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1847 the Jewish people made up less than 0.25% of the world's population, and yet they saw what others could not. How?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36228170088601,"sku":"9781786078292","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781786078292.jpg?v=1601396414","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781786078292","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}