1. Jean Edmond Cyrus Rostand was a French biologist, historian of science, and philosopher.
14 Facts About Jean Rostand
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Active as an experimental biologist, Rostand became famous for his work as a science writer, as well as a philosopher and an activist.
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Jean Rostand took an interest in ethics and morality in biology and wrote against pseudoscience, the use of science for war, wrote against racism and supported human equality and freedom.
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Jean Rostand was born in Paris to playwright Edmond Jean Rostand and poet Rosemonde Gerard.
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Jean Rostand was the brother of novelist and playwright Maurice Rostand.
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The family moved to Cambo-les-Bains in 1900 and Jean Rostand grew up with a fascination for natural history in these surroundings.
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Jean Rostand was educated by home tutors and read the works of J H Fabre, Claude Bernard and Charles Darwin.
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Jean Rostand then went to study natural sciences at the University of Sorbonne and graduated in 1914.
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Jean Rostand then examined polydactyly and its induction by chemical agents in frogs and studied the preservation of sperm vitality using glycerine.
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Jean Rostand was active in several causes, in particular against nuclear proliferation and the death penalty.
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Jean Rostand wrote several books on the question of eugenism and the responsibilities of mankind regarding its own fate and its place in nature.
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Jean Rostand took a special interest in the history of science and especially stressed the slow process by which scientific facts were determined and how they emerged from the interactions of numerous people and highlighted the need for modesty, especially because of the fallibility of individual workers.
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Jean Rostand married a cousin Andree Mante in 1920 and they had a son Francois who became a mathematician.
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Jean Rostand would meet people from a wide range of interests at his home on Sundays.