The Science of Life by Alan Macfarlane

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This book is a collection of interviews conducted by one of England’s leading social anthropologists and historians, Professor Alan Macfarlane. The current volume on two of England’s foremost physiologists and a vision scientist is yet another addition to the series of several such books.

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The Science of Life by Alan Macfarlane

This book is a collection of interviews conducted by one of England's leading social anthropologists and historians, Professor Alan Macfarlane. The current volume on two of England's foremost physiologists and a vision scientist is yet another addition to the series of several such books.

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.

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ISBN 13 9781032405063
ISBN 10 1032405066
Title The Science of Life
Author Alan Macfarlane
Series Creative Lives And Works
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2022-12-09
Number of pages 108
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.