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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... developed an interest in Aboriginal skulls , of which the South Australian Museum had an excellent collection . Rather than making formal measurements , as specified by an international agreement ( Hrdlicka , 1920 ) , I was attracted to ...
... developed an interest in Aboriginal skulls , of which the South Australian Museum had an excellent collection . Rather than making formal measurements , as specified by an international agreement ( Hrdlicka , 1920 ) , I was attracted to ...
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... developed to oust the Vichy French , who then occupied Syria and Lebanon . Since many of the patients suffered from malaria or dysentery , I set up a small laboratory and carried out malaria diagnosis by examination of thick films ...
... developed to oust the Vichy French , who then occupied Syria and Lebanon . Since many of the patients suffered from malaria or dysentery , I set up a small laboratory and carried out malaria diagnosis by examination of thick films ...
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... developed the habit of walking through the Gardens and along the bank of the River Yarra to Elizabeth Street, where I would catch a tram to the Hall Institute, which was located in a wing of the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Initially ...
... developed the habit of walking through the Gardens and along the bank of the River Yarra to Elizabeth Street, where I would catch a tram to the Hall Institute, which was located in a wing of the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Initially ...
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... developed by the British team. The first experiments looked at the effect of vaccination with vaccinia virus, the next two on the portal of entry and the sites of elimination of the virus in naturally infected mice. At the end of the ...
... developed by the British team. The first experiments looked at the effect of vaccination with vaccinia virus, the next two on the portal of entry and the sites of elimination of the virus in naturally infected mice. At the end of the ...
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... developed, from the lesions and from seemingly uninfected skin. The titrations were supplemented by histological studies, since most ectromelia-infected cells produced very characteristic inclusion bodies. Most of my papers were ...
... developed, from the lesions and from seemingly uninfected skin. The titrations were supplemented by histological studies, since most ectromelia-infected cells produced very characteristic inclusion bodies. Most of my papers were ...
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