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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... called the 'Africa Speaks' expedition, after a film of the time. This was a trip from Adelaide through the Coorong and around much of country Victoria, where our uncles, aunts and cousins lived. On this trip, and whenever we went into ...
... called the 'Africa Speaks' expedition, after a film of the time. This was a trip from Adelaide through the Coorong and around much of country Victoria, where our uncles, aunts and cousins lived. On this trip, and whenever we went into ...
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... called it ' Iramoo ' , after the Aboriginal name for the plains where Melbourne now stands . The name was first used by John Batman on 6 June , 1835 , when he ' bought ' Melbourne from the local Aboriginal tribes . When I was at ...
... called it ' Iramoo ' , after the Aboriginal name for the plains where Melbourne now stands . The name was first used by John Batman on 6 June , 1835 , when he ' bought ' Melbourne from the local Aboriginal tribes . When I was at ...
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... called Thebarton Technical School) was a boys' school situated on the far side of town from our house, and I had to take two trams daily each way. I enjoyed travelling through the city and I liked school. The mode of teaching, involving ...
... called Thebarton Technical School) was a boys' school situated on the far side of town from our house, and I had to take two trams daily each way. I enjoyed travelling through the city and I liked school. The mode of teaching, involving ...
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... 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 learned to play locally, with a friend on the public courts at ...
... 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 learned to play locally, with a friend on the public courts at ...
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... called, but my confidence was undermined when, soon after my arrival, I admitted a young man with paralysis who had been in the same class as me at Rose Park Primary School. The Superintendent of Northfield Hospital at the time, Dr Alan ...
... called, but my confidence was undermined when, soon after my arrival, I admitted a young man with paralysis who had been in the same class as me at Rose Park Primary School. The Superintendent of Northfield Hospital at the time, Dr Alan ...
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