Nils Roll-Hansen

Nils Roll-Hansen (b. 1938) is a historian and philosopher of 19th and 20th century biology at University of Oslo. He is the author of four books and many academic articles.^[1] His book "The Lysenko Effect" was praised in Nature.^[2] He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[3]

Books

• The Lysenko Effect: The Politics Of Science. (Humanity Books, December 2004) ISBN 1591022622
• (co-author Gunnar Broberg), Eugenics And the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Demark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland (Uppsala Studies in History of Science, Nov 2005)
• Reductionism in biological research: Three historical case studies. (1979)
• Forskningens frihet og nødvendighet: Pasteurs teorier i vekst og forfall (Fakkel-bøkene)

References

1. ^ "Nils Roll-Hansen CV". University of Oslo. 2008. http://www.kli.ac.at/theorylab/AuthPage/R/Roll_HansenN.html. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 
2. ^ "Book Reviewed: The Lysenko Effect". Nature. 25 August 2005. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v436/n7054/full/4361089a.html. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 
3. ^ "Gruppe 3: Idéfag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=27639. Retrieved 28 October 2009. 

External links

• Nils Roll-Hansen Faculty page
• Nils Roll-Hansen Publications

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