The Meaning of a Life : A South African Scientist's Tale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gevers, Wieland.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientists.

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cape Town : BestRed, 2025.

Summary:

At times witty, at times moving, this autobiography/memoir by South African scientist Wieland Gevers tells the story of his overlapping personal and professional journeys as he navigated through school, home life, and a much-lauded career. Against the backdrop of the country during a time of dramatic political change, Gevers expertly weaves together the threads of personal vulnerability, uncertainties about his career path, and the history of higher education in pre- and postapartheid South Africa.

Contents:

Cover

copyright page

About the Author

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Ch 1- Boyhood in Piet Retief

The Backstory, Necessarily Somewhat Sketchy

The Focus Narrows to My Father and Mother

From a Very Dry Town to a Very Wet Town - A Birth and a Beginning

Schooldays Begin

The World is Bigger than a Small Town

Ch 2- Youth on the Witwatersrand

The Fortunes of Nigel, and a Growing Up

Adolescence Catches Me Unawares

The Family Evolves - and Not All Are Satisfied

The Future is Suddenly Here...

Ch 3- A student in Cape Town

Below the Mountain in Cape Town - Medical School

Becoming a Proper Medical Student...

Getting to the Coalface of Medicine

Does One Really Know Oneself?

Friendship is a Golden Gift

My First Research Paper

Some Literary Sidelines

A Very Insignificant 'Political' Episode

Almost a Doctor

A Testing Time as a Hospital Intern

A Life-Changing Initiative

Another Life-Changer - Love at First Sight Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781928246725

1928246729

OCLC:

1530383704