1st Edition

The Uniqueness of the Individual

By P.B. Medawar Copyright 1957
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1957, The Uniqueness of the Individual is a collection of 9 essays published from the ten years preceding publication. The essays deal with some of the central problems of biology. These are among the questions put and answered from the standpoint of modern experimental biology. What is ageing and how is it measured? What theories have been held to account for it, and... Read more

Introduction

1. Old Age and Natural Death, (1946)

2. An Unsolved Problem of Biology (1952)

3. A Note on ‘The Scientific Method’ (1949)

4. A Commentary on Lamarckism (1953)

5. The Pattern of Organic Growth and Transformation (1954)

6. The Imperfections of Man (1955)

7. Tradition: The Evidence of Biology (1953)

8. The Uniqueness of the Individual (1956)

Index

Biography

P.B. Medawar