Steven Rose 1003293 220173950 2008-06-18T16:55:55Z Chobot 259798 robot Adding: [[ko:스티븐 로즈]] '''Steven P. Rose''' (born [[July 4]] [[1938]] in [[London]], United Kingdom) is a [[Professor]] of [[Biology]] and [[Neurobiology]] at the [[Open University]] and [[University of London]]. Rose studied [[biochemistry]] at [[King's College, Cambridge]], and neurobiology at Cambridge and the [[Institute of Psychiatry]], [[King's College London]].<ref name=mm>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/religion/steven_rose.shtml Biography at ''The Moral Maze''.]</ref> His research focuses on the biological processes involved in [[memory]] formation and treatments for [[Alzheimer's Disease]]. He has written several [[popular science]] books and regularly writes for ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper. From 1999 to 2002, he gave public lectures as Professor of [[Physiology]] at [[Gresham College]], London. His work has won him numerous medals and prizes. Rose is famously outspoken on political issues, being politicised by growing up in a [[Judaism|Jewish]] family in London, England during [[World War II]].<ref>Andrew Brown, 2001. "[http://education.guardian.co.uk/academicexperts/story/0,1392,618984,00.html The Political Scientist]." ''The Guardian'', [[2001-12-15]].</ref> He is a prominent supporter of the academic boycott of Israel.<ref>Steven Rose & Robyn Williams, 2002. [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s567309.htm Interview with Steven Rose on ''The Science Show''], ABC Radio National.</ref><ref>His open letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' on [[April 6]], [[2002]] has been widely publicized. Andy Beckett and Ewen MacAskill. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,858363,00.html British academic boycott of Israel gathers pace], The Guardian, [[December 12]], [[2002]], accessed [[September 16]], [[2006]]</ref> He has described himself as '[[anti-Zionist]]'.<ref>Rose, Steven, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Steven_Rose, 2007</ref> With [[Richard Lewontin]] and [[Leon Kamin]], Rose championed the "radical science movement."<ref>Kamin, Lewontin & Rose, 1984. ''Not in Our Genes: Biology, Ideology and Human Nature''.</ref> These colleagues, along with [[Stephen Jay Gould]] assailed [[sociobiology]], [[evolutionary psychology]], and [[adaptationism]]. The three wrote ''Not in Our Genes'' (1984), laying out their opposition to ''Sociobiology'' ([[E. O. Wilson]], 1975), ''The Selfish Gene'' ([[Richard Dawkins]], 1976), and other works promoting an evolutionary explanation for human social behavior. Dawkins, in turn, accused the authors of giving "ideology priority over truth".<ref>[http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/WorldOfDawkins-archive/Dawkins/Work/Reviews/1985-01-24notinourgenes.shtml Not in Our Genes - Dawkins Review<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Rose is a regular panelist on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s [[ethics]] debating series ''[[The Moral Maze]]''.<ref name=mm/> He is married to the [[sociology|sociologist]] Hilary Rose with whom he shared the Gresham professorship, and with whom he has written and edited a number of books including ''Alas Poor Darwin: arguments against evolutionary psychology'' Professor Rose is a Distinguished Supporter of the [[British Humanist Association]]. ==Bibliography== *''[[Not in Our Genes]]'' (With [[Richard Lewontin]] & [[Leon Kamin]]) 1984, ISBN 0-394-72888-2 *''The Chemistry of Life'' 1991 (first published in 1966), ISBN 0-140-27273-9 *''The Making Of Memory'' 1992, ISBN 0-593-01990-3 *''Alas, Poor Darwin: Arguments against Evolutionary Psychology'' 2000 ISBN 0-609-60513-5 *''Lifelines'' 2005, ISBN 0-09-946863-8 *''The 21st Century Brain'' 2005, ISBN 0-224-06254-9 *''The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience'' 2005, ISBN 0-195-15420-7 ==See also== *[[List of British Jewish scientists]] *[[Gresham Professor of Physic|List of Gresham Professors of Physic]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/rose.html Profile on ''The Third Culture''] *[http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/pinker_rose/pinker_rose_p1.html Debate with] [[Steven Pinker]] *[http://www.counterbalance.net/bio/srose-body.html Biography at ''Counterbalance''] *[http://education.guardian.co.uk/academicexperts/story/0,1392,618984,00.html Profile in ''The Guardian'' newspaper] {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Steven}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Science teachers]] [[Category:Alumni of King's College London]] [[Category:British biologists]] [[Category:British humanists]] [[Category:English Jews]] [[Category:Jewish scientists]] [[Category:British science writers]] [[Category:Academics of the Open University]] [[Category:Academics of the University of London]] [[de:Steven P. Rose]] [[ko:스티븐 로즈]] [[it:Steven Rose]]