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George Klein


Born
in Budapest, Hungary
July 28, 1925

Died
December 10, 2016


George Klein, Georg Klein or Klein György (July 28, 1925) was a Hungarian-Swedish biologist who specialized in cancer research. Klein had also authored a dozen of non-scientific or wide ranging books, of which several are collections of essays.

Klein started a tumor biology center at Karolinska Institute and made a connection there between the Epstein-Barr virus and lymphomas and other cancers. He was awarded the $100,000 prize by the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation for pioneering work on cancer and the human immunity system.

Apart from his scientific work, he had written popular books of which three have been translated to English: The Atheist and the Holy City (1990) (Swedish: Ateisten och den heliga staden), Pietà (1992), a colle
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Average rating: 3.85 · 89 ratings · 6 reviews · 10 distinct works
Mannen utan öde

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The Atheist and the Holy Ci...

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Pietà

4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions
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... i stället för hemland: ...

3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions
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Korpens blick: Essäer om ve...

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Nya tankar om kreativitet o...

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Skapelsens fullkomlighet oc...

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Resistens: Tankar om motstånd

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Live Now: Inspiring Account...

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