C. H. Waddington (1905–1975)
Auteur van Tools for Thought: How to Understand and Apply the Latest Scientific Techniques of Problem Solving
Over de Auteur
C. H. Waddington (1905-1975) was a world-class biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist, and philosopher. He is credited with helping to create the field of systems biology. He is the author of numerous books including New Patterns in Genetics and Development, Principles of Development toon meer and Differentiation, and The Ethical Animal. toon minder
Fotografie: Portrait photograph of Conrad Hal Waddington, 1934 By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50250292
Werken van C. H. Waddington
Tools for Thought: How to Understand and Apply the Latest Scientific Techniques of Problem Solving (1977) 55 exemplaren
Behind Appearance: A Study of the Relations between Painting and the Natural Sciences in This Century (1969) 15 exemplaren
O.R. in World War 2: operational research against the U-boat, (Histories of science series) (1973) 5 exemplaren
Biology for the Modern World 4 exemplaren
The nature of life 3 exemplaren
Mitä elämä on 2 exemplaren
Organisers and genes 1 exemplaar
The Scientific Attitude. Revised Edition. 1 exemplaar
Biologia d'avui 1 exemplaar
Het leven 1 exemplaar
El animal ético 1 exemplaar
Vad är liv? 1 exemplaar
Evolutie en Ethiek 1 exemplaar
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The New Scientist, 1 January 1959 — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Waddington, Conrad Hal
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Waddington, Prof. C. H.
- Geboortedatum
- 1905-11-08
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1975-09-26
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Wayanad District, Kerala, India
Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Edinburgh, Scotland - Opleiding
- Clifton College
Cambridge University (Sidney Sussex College) - Beroepen
- biologist
palaeontologist
geneticist
embryologist
philosopher - Relaties
- Humphrey, Caroline (daughter)
McDuff, Dusa (daughter) - Organisaties
- Edinburgh University
Royal Air Force
International Union of Biological Sciences (president) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- CBE (1958)
Royal Society (fellow)
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- 46
- Ook door
- 5
- Leden
- 286
- Populariteit
- #81,618
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 62
- Talen
- 3
Not very much science is included in this book, it is more of an assessment of the indirect influences of science and scientists, so much of it might be classed as sociology. The author takes a fairly heavily left-wing view of things, which I found to be the only irritating thing about this book, but this is understandable due to the time in which this book was written. I didn't find the essays to be as stimulating as those of somewhat comparable writers like Koestler, but there were some interesting opinions to do with art, which would never have occurred to me, though I think he was correct about them.
This book might be interesting for the scientist, as it describes the world from the view of a scientist, but it might also be interesting for a non-scientist who is interested in learning how various aspects of the world are affected by science.… (meer)