Nature, Nurture and Chance: The Lives of Frank and Charles FennerJudging by the numbers of newspaper reviews, biographies (including autobiographies) are amongst the most common literary works published these days. However, it is uncommon to find one book that combines a biography and an autobiography, as this book does. As the author, Frank Fenner, sees it, 'nature' means the combination of genes that we inherit from our parents; 'nurture' means the way that our physical and social environment, especially during childhood, influence our mental and emotional characteristics; and chance is defined as 'the way things fall out'. These three elements define the careers of all human beings. The author uses them to compare his father's life and his own. |
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... buildings of the John Curtin School of Medical Research 5.2 . The Fenner house at 8 Monaro Crescent 11 E2 12 23 28 35 41 60 61 998 62 5.3 . Viewing the Canberra Meritorious Award for Architecture , 1956 5.4 . Staff of Department of ...
... buildings of the John Curtin School of Medical Research 5.2 . The Fenner house at 8 Monaro Crescent 11 E2 12 23 28 35 41 60 61 998 62 5.3 . Viewing the Canberra Meritorious Award for Architecture , 1956 5.4 . Staff of Department of ...
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... building. Chapter 5 also includes descriptions of the house we built and interesting trips that I made to Indonesia in 1956, to China in 1957, to India in 1960–61, to Churchill College in Cambridge in 1961–62, and to Moscow State ...
... building. Chapter 5 also includes descriptions of the house we built and interesting trips that I made to Indonesia in 1956, to China in 1957, to India in 1960–61, to Churchill College in Cambridge in 1961–62, and to Moscow State ...
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... building across the road, I tried playing hockey for a team called 'The Wanderers'. It turned out that I was quite good at that, and quickly gained entry to grade A hockey as soon as I went to the University. The other game that I ...
... building across the road, I tried playing hockey for a team called 'The Wanderers'. It turned out that I was quite good at that, and quickly gained entry to grade A hockey as soon as I went to the University. The other game that I ...
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... buildings carved out of the red sandstone . Unaccustomed to travelling over corrugated desert roads , which we had to use on our trip down , our driver drove slowly , while with our experience of travelling on corrugated roads in ...
... buildings carved out of the red sandstone . Unaccustomed to travelling over corrugated desert roads , which we had to use on our trip down , our driver drove slowly , while with our experience of travelling on corrugated roads in ...
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... buildings, was tipped sideways but held up by the water pipe leading to the laboratory tap. After a few days, the tents were re-erected, but early in January the hospital was moved to Rocky Creek, inland from Cairns on the Atherton ...
... buildings, was tipped sideways but held up by the water pipe leading to the laboratory tap. After a few days, the tents were re-erected, but early in January the hospital was moved to Rocky Creek, inland from Cairns on the Atherton ...
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