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Editore: Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1969, 1969
Da: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Medawar, Peter Brian, 1915-1987. Induction and intuition in scientific thought. Jayne lectures for 1968. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1969, ix, 62pp., very good dust-jacket, cover price $2.00, very good black cloth, BUT paper is clearly wavy top to bottom for no apparent reason, previous owner's name and address label and ink note CKO76 on front endpaper. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 75.
Editore: Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1986, 1986
Da: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Medawar, Peter Brian, 1915-1987. Memoir of a thinking radish: an autobiography. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1986, 1st edition, 209pp., very good dust-jacket but slightly wavy along front panel, very good black cloth, attractive copy. "He's tart, tough-minded, terribly British.an imposing grand master of aphorism, argument and lightning-bolt one-liners." So Newsweek writer wrote of Sir Peter Medawar, the renowned British immunologist. "The most accomplished writer of popular-science essays," declared the Philadelphia Inquirer. Now this Nobel Prize-winning scientist and highly acclaimed author of Pluto's Republic, Aristotle to Zoos, and many other books has written a fascinating account of his own life. The image of man as a cross between Pascal's "thinking reed" and Falstaff's "forked radish," expressed in the title of Sir Peter's autobiography, stems from his humble desire "not to claim for myself as an author any distinction more extravagant than membership of the human race." But it is an exceptional life that unfolds in the pages of this incisive and witty memoir. Sir Peter describes his early years in Rio de Janiero, "the rude and barbaric life of Marlborough," Oxford in 1930s, his illnesses and recovery, and the rewards and frustrations of work in a wide variety of academic institutions around the world. Rich anecdotes abound--his early school days and family life, his musical education, his wife Jean and their family, his frequent visits to America, and much more. A sheer delight to read, this highly personal account illuminates the life of one of the most engaging and impressive men of out time -- CONTENTS: Very early years -- School -- Oxford -- Early research -- Flashbacks -- Birmingham -- University College London -- The National Institute for Medical Research -- Jean -- On living a bit longer. 9780192177377 ISBN 0192177370.
Editore: Zaragoza, Editorial Acribia, 1961., 1961
Da: Hesperia Libros, Zaragoza, Spagna
4to. menor; 176 pp. Cubiertas originales.
Da: Eberhard Köstler Autographen&Bücher oHG, Tutzing, Germania
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Harrow, 28. IX. 1977 (Poststempel), 7,5 x 12,5 cm. 1 Seite. In adressiertem Umschlag. Der Begründer der Transplantations-Immunologe erhielt 1960 zusammen mit Frank M. Burnet den Nobelpreis für Medizin "für ihre Entdeckung der erworbenen immunologischen Toleranz". Einen Teil des Preisgeldes schenkte Medawar seinem ehemaligen Schüler Leslie Baruch Brent, ein aus Köslin stammender Jude, der 1938 mit einem Kindertransport nach Großbritannien gelangen konnte. Er war der Meinung, er hätte den Preis ebenfalls verdient.