Steven P. Rose

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Steven Peter Russell Rose (born July 4, 1938 in London ) is Professor of Biology and Neurobiology at the Open University and the University of London .

Life

Rose grew up in a Jewish family in London. He describes himself as an atheist . He studied biochemistry at King's College and then neurobiology at Cambridge University and the associated Institute of Psychiatry .

Rose is married to the sociologist Hilary Rose . His brother is the sociologist Nikolas Rose . He is close friends with Leon J. Kamin .

Scientific work

Rose wrote the controversial book "Not on Our Genes" with Richard Lewontin and Leon J. Kamin . He also dealt with the development of Alzheimer's disease . In 2000 his book Darwin's Dangerous Heirs was published .

Political commitment

Rose is a socialist. He has often criticized the Palestinian policies of the State of Israel and is viewed by some as an anti- Zionist .

Works

  • Rose, Steven (1985): Not in our Genes: Biology, Ideology and Human Nature . Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books
  • Rose, Steven (1993): The Making of Memory . Toronto [u. a.]: Bantam Books
  • Rose, Steven (2000): Darwin's Dangerous Heirs: Biology Beyond Selfish Genes . Munich: Beck
  • Rose, Steven and Rose, Hilary (2001): Alas, Poor Darwin: Arguments against Evolutionary Psychology . Vintage, London 2001, ISBN 0-09-928319-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Clare Garner: A Bible publisher sought publicity and, lo, he found controversy . In: The Independent , October 1, 1998.
  2. See Peter Düweke in Die Zeit, April 19, 2000; Thomas Weber: We warn against buying stocks. Against the Darwinists' monopoly on interpretation: Steven Rose does not believe in the omnipotence of genes. In: FAZ , April 15, 2000.
  3. ^ Jewish Chronicle, "Wars of the Roses," January 31, 2003, p. 35.

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