Luria never hesitated to take other scientists to task if he disagreed with their social commentary. Here, he dismissed Hans Krebs' recent article for "Perspectives in Biology and Medicine" in which the Danish Nobel laureate linked biology with certain human social conditions, such as war and crime, as "spurious biologizing."
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2 (139,286 Bytes)
Date:
1972-09-26 (September 26, 1972)
Creator:
Luria, Salvador E.
Recipient:
Krebs, Hans A.
University of Oxford
Source:
Original Repository: American Philosophical Society. Library. Salvador Luria Papers
Rights:
Reproduced with permission of Daniel D. Luria.
Reproduced with permission of the American Philosophical Society.
Exhibit Category:
Politics, Science, and Social Responsibility
Relation:
Letter from Hans A. Krebs to Salvador E. Luria (November 3, 1972)
Letter from Hans A. Krebs to Salvador E. Luria (November 3, 1972)