Vivarium

Experimental, Quantitative, and Theoretical Biology at Vienna's Biologische Versuchsanstalt

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Biology, Other Sciences, History
Cover of the book Vivarium by Georg Gaugusch, Klaus Taschwer, Johannes Feichtinger, Heiner Fangerau, Manfred D. Laubichler, Christian Reiß, Kärin Nickelsen, Heiko Stoff, Cheryl Logan, Tania Munz, Kate E. Sohasky, Gerd B. Müller, The MIT Press
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Author: Georg Gaugusch, Klaus Taschwer, Johannes Feichtinger, Heiner Fangerau, Manfred D. Laubichler, Christian Reiß, Kärin Nickelsen, Heiko Stoff, Cheryl Logan, Tania Munz, Kate E. Sohasky, Gerd B. Müller ISBN: 9780262342056
Publisher: The MIT Press Publication: October 6, 2017
Imprint: The MIT Press Language: English
Author: Georg Gaugusch, Klaus Taschwer, Johannes Feichtinger, Heiner Fangerau, Manfred D. Laubichler, Christian Reiß, Kärin Nickelsen, Heiko Stoff, Cheryl Logan, Tania Munz, Kate E. Sohasky, Gerd B. Müller
ISBN: 9780262342056
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication: October 6, 2017
Imprint: The MIT Press
Language: English

The scientific achievements and forgotten legacy of a major Austrian research institute, from its founding in 1902 to its wartime destruction in 1945.

The Biologische Versuchsanstalt was founded in Vienna in 1902 with the explicit goal to foster the quantification, mathematization, and theory formation of the biological sciences. Three biologists from affluent Viennese Jewish families—Hans Przibram, Wilhelm Figdor, and Leopold von Portheim–founded, financed, and nurtured the institute, overseeing its development into one of the most advanced biological research institutes of the time. And yet today its accomplishments are nearly forgotten. In 1938, the founders and other members were denied access to the institute by the Nazis and were forced into exile or deported to concentration camps. The building itself was destroyed by fire in April 1945. This book rescues the legacy of the “Vivarium” (as the Institute was often called), describing both its scientific achievements and its place in history.

The book covers the Viennese sociocultural context at the time of the Vivarium's founding, and the scientific zeitgeist that shaped its investigations. It discusses the institute's departments and their research topics, and describes two examples that had scientific and international ramifications: the early work of Karl von Frisch, who in 1973 won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; and the connection to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York.

Contributors
Heiner Fangerau, Johannes Feichtinger, Georg Gaugusch, Manfred D. Laubichler, Cheryl A. Logan, Gerd B. Müller, Tania Munz, Kärin Nickelsen, Christian Reiß, Kate E. Sohasky, Heiko Stoff, Klaus Taschwer

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The scientific achievements and forgotten legacy of a major Austrian research institute, from its founding in 1902 to its wartime destruction in 1945.

The Biologische Versuchsanstalt was founded in Vienna in 1902 with the explicit goal to foster the quantification, mathematization, and theory formation of the biological sciences. Three biologists from affluent Viennese Jewish families—Hans Przibram, Wilhelm Figdor, and Leopold von Portheim–founded, financed, and nurtured the institute, overseeing its development into one of the most advanced biological research institutes of the time. And yet today its accomplishments are nearly forgotten. In 1938, the founders and other members were denied access to the institute by the Nazis and were forced into exile or deported to concentration camps. The building itself was destroyed by fire in April 1945. This book rescues the legacy of the “Vivarium” (as the Institute was often called), describing both its scientific achievements and its place in history.

The book covers the Viennese sociocultural context at the time of the Vivarium's founding, and the scientific zeitgeist that shaped its investigations. It discusses the institute's departments and their research topics, and describes two examples that had scientific and international ramifications: the early work of Karl von Frisch, who in 1973 won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; and the connection to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York.

Contributors
Heiner Fangerau, Johannes Feichtinger, Georg Gaugusch, Manfred D. Laubichler, Cheryl A. Logan, Gerd B. Müller, Tania Munz, Kärin Nickelsen, Christian Reiß, Kate E. Sohasky, Heiko Stoff, Klaus Taschwer

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