Daniel E. Gasman (1933 – 19 December 2012) was an American historian at John Jay College and the Graduate Center at City University of New York. He earned his PhD from University of Chicago in modern intellectual history. His most famous book is The Scientific Origins of National Socialism,For example, see Simon Conway Morris, Life’’s Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe (Cambridge: CUP, 2003) or GJ Stein, "Biological science and the roots of Nazism," American Scientist, Vol. 76, No. 1 1988. which has been both praisedRobert Herzstein, The Scientific Origins of National Socialism by Daniel Gasman", The Journal of Modern History Vol. 45, No. 1 (Mar., 1973), pp. 145-147C. A. Culotta, "The Scientific Origins of National Socialism. Social Darwinism in Ernst Haeckel and the German Monist League by Daniel Gasman", Isis, Vol. 63, No. 4 (Dec., 1972), pp. 587-588Ralph H. Bowen, "The Scientific Origins of National Socialism: Social Darwinism in Ernst Haeckel and the German Monist League by Daniel Gasman," American Historical Review, Vol. 78, No. 3 (Jun., 1973), pp. 711-712 and criticizedRichards, Robert J.; "Ernst Haeckel's Alleged Anti-Semitism and Contributions to Nazi Biology" by scholars. His second book, Haeckel's Monism and the Birth of Fascist Ideology, has been reviewed in journals.Barry Mehler, "Haeckel's Monism and the Birth of Fascist Ideology by Daniel Gasman," Journal of the History of Biology, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Spring, 2001), pp. 207-209Paul Weindling, "Haeckel's Monism and the Birth of Fascist Ideology by Daniel Gasman," The British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Mar., 2002), pp. 117-118Roger Griffin, "Haeckel's Monism and the Birth of Fascist Ideology by Daniel Gasman," The English Historical Review, Vol. 116, No. 467 (Jun., 2001), pp. 683-685Alexander De Grand, "Haeckel's Monism and the Birth of Fascist Ideology by Daniel Gasman," American Historical Review, Vol. 105, No. 3 (Jun., 2000), pp. 883-884

Books The Scientific Origins of National Socialism: Social Darwinism in Ernst Haeckel and the German Monist League (London and New York: Macdonald and American Elsevier, 1971) Haeckel’'s Monism and the Birth of Fascist Ideology (New York: Peter Lang: 1998)

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External links Daniel Gasman CV From Haeckel to Hitler: The Anatomy of a Controversy http://www.ferris.edu/isar/academic-controversies/gasman.htm