Article ID: CBB348156056

Das autobiographische Manuskript des Entwicklungsbiologen Julius Schaxel (1887-1943) vom 24. Juli 1938 – Versuch einer Kontextualisierung (2008)

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Personal notes, such as laboratory notebooks or, as in this case, an autobiography, are among the most seductive sources for the historian of science. Seductive, as they promise insights only rarely granted in the course of historiographical research and, at the same time, pose severe problems, when it comes to critical assessment of the sources. Autobiographies acuminate both sides in an especially drastic way. Whereas one can on the one hand hope for a look into the author’s mind, on the other hand autobiographies are always written in retrospect and with a specific motivation concerning their content. Keeping this in mind, Schaxel’s autobiography gives fascinating insights into an important but almost forgotten figure in the history of early 20th century biology. Schaxel was a highly ambivalent figure, in whose biography central themes of early 20th century science and culture meet. In contrast to older accounts, the autobiography is supposed to switch perspective and to let the author tell his story himself. That way, the picture given includes both Schaxel’s life and the interpretation Schaxel choose for telling the story. Additionally, an important and almost lost and forgotten source for the history of science should be made available. This original manuscript has been donated to the archive of the Ernst-Haeckel-House in Jena by Schaxel’s widow, Deborah Schaxel, after her return from the Soviet Union. In the course of the years, the original manuscript disappeared under unknown circumstances, but a copy has survived.

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Authors & Contributors
Hossfeld, Uwe
Tisza, Laszlo
Brockliss, Laurence W. B.
Darwin, Charles Robert
Fisch, Menachem
Griffin, Emma
Journals
Physics in Perspective
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology
British Journal for the History of Science
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Publishers
Springer
McGill-Queen's University Press
Penguin
Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Urania-Verlag
Voltaire Foundation
Concepts
Autobiographies
Chemistry
Translations
Primary literature (historical sources)
Fluid mechanics
Science and literature
People
Haeckel, Ernst
Ostwald, Friedrich Wilhelm
Schaxel, Julius
Tisza, Laszlo
Babbage, Charles
Darwin, Charles Robert
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
Paris (France)
Europe
Germany
Hungary
Russia
Institutions
Ernst-Haeckel-Haus, Jena
Universität Göttingen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
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