Creative lives and works : Antony Hewish, Martin Rees and Neil Turok.

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Book

Author/Creator:

Macfarlane, Alan.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

CREATIVE LIVES AND WORKS.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Macfarlane, Alan--Interviews.

Macfarlane, Alan.

Hewish, A--Interviews.

Hewish, A.

Rees, Martin J., 1942---Interviews.

Rees, Martin J.

Turok, Neil--Interviews.

Turok, Neil.

Rees, Martin J., 1942-.

Astrophysicists--Interviews.

Astrophysicists.

Astronomers--Interviews.

Astronomers.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

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Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2021.

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Biography/History:

Alan Macfarlane was born in Shillong, India, in 1941 and educated at the Dragon School, Sedbergh School, Oxford and London Universities where he received two Master's degrees and two doctorates. He is the author of over forty books, including The Origins of English Individualism (1978) and Letters to Lily: On How the World Works (2005). He has worked in England, Nepal, Japan and China as both an historian and anthropologist. He was elected to the British Academy in 1986 and is now Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and a Life Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Professor Macfarlane received the Huxley Memorial Medal, the highest honour of the Royal Anthropological Institute in 2012.

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. PART I Antony Hewish - In conversation with Alan Macfarlane 3. PART II Martin Rees - In conversation with Alan Macfarlane 4. PART III Neil Turok - In conversation with Alan Macfarlane; ;

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9781000381375

1000381374

9781000381429

1000381420

9781003168478

1003168477

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99987589224

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