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Macrakis, Kristie Irene was born on March 11, 1958 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Michael S. and Lily Macrakis.
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Surviving the Swastika: Scientific Research in Nazi Germany
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Surviving the Swastika examines scientific research under National Socialism through the prism of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of the Sciences, a semi-private umbrella organization which founded and maintained institutes for basic scientific research. Home to over twenty Nobel-prize winning scientists, the prestigious forerunner of the Max Planck Society was at the forefront of scientific advance in the first half of the twentieth century. Surprisingly, the Society not only survived National Socialism, but often thrived. Kristie Macrakis provides a full-scale analysis of the Society's development within the context of the phases of a polycratic National Socialist state. A spectrum of responses to National Socialism existed there from moral probity to accommodation and opportunism. Macrakis uncovers this differentiated scientific and social landscape by covering topics ranging from Max Planck's failed negotiations with recalcitrant government officials regarding the expulsion of Jews and Communists to his success in securing a thriving community for basic biological research in Berlin-Dahlem, from the practice of nuclear power research to institutional growth.
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Kristie Irene Macrakis
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Kristie Irene Macrakis, American History of science educator. American Association of University Women fellow, WAshington, 1987-1988; Social Science Research Council fellow, New York City, 1984-1986; Institute for Advanced Study fellow, 1993-1994. Member American History Association, German Studies assosiation, New York Academy Science, History of Science Society, Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor, Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1980; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1989.
Career
Research assistant, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1982; lecturer, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989-1990; postdoctoral fellow, Humbolt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, 1990-1991; assistant professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1991-1997; associate professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, since 1997.
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Surviving the Swastika: Scientific Research in Nazi Germany
(Surviving the Swastika examines scientific research under...)
- Surviving the Swastika: Scientific Research in Nazi Germany by Kristie Macrakis (1993-11-25)
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Surviving the Swastika: Scientific Research in Nazi Germany
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Member American History Association, German Studies assosiation, New York Academy Science, History of Science Society, Sigma Xi.
