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by Johannes Feichtinger (Author), Stefan Sienell (Author), Klaus Taschwer (Author)
English summary: The Institute for Experimental Biology (Biologische Versuchsanstalt, or BVA) in the Vienna Prater was one of the world's leading research institutes for experimental biology until the Anschluss of Austria in 1938. The Austrian Academy of Sciences, which was given the BVA in 1914, organised several events in 2014 and 2015 to commemorate Austria's first privately founded research institute and its groundbreaking findings. This catalogue documents the turbulent history of this unique institute and its retrieval to collective memory. German description: Die Biologische Versuchsanstalt (BVA) im Wiener Prater war bis zum "Anschluss" Osterreichs 1938 eines der weltweit fuhrenden Forschungsinstitute fur Experimentalbiologie. Die Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, der die BVA 1914 geschenkt worden war, erinnerte 2014 und 2015 in mehreren Veranstaltungen an diese erste privat gegrundete Forschungseinrichtung des Landes und ihre bahnbrechenden Erkenntnisse. Der Katalog dokumentiert die bewegte Geschichte des einzigartigen Instituts und seine Ruckholung ins kollektive Gedachtnis.
Author Biography
Johannes Feichtinger is a historian at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and lecturer at the University of Vienna. He is co-leader of the research project "Continuity and Transformation. The Austrian Academy of Sciences in the 20th Century". Klaus Taschwer is a science editor for the newspaper ("Der Standard") and author of numerous publications on the Austrian history of science. Stefan Sienell is a historian and archivist at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Heidemarie Uhl is a historian at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and lecturer at the University of Graz. She is co-leader of the research project "Continuity and Transformation. The Austrian Academy of Sciences in the 20th Century".
