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Lewis Wolpert

Born

in South Africa

October 19, 1929

Died

January 28, 2021

Website

http://www.anat.ucl.ac.uk/brochure/wolpert.shtml

Genre

Science, Philosophy, Biographies & Memoirs

Influences

Charles Darwin, E.O. Wilson, Francis Crick, Steven Pinker

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Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS FRSL was a developmental biologist, author, and broadcaster.

Career

He was educated at the University of Witwatersrand, Imperial College London, and at King's College London. He is presently Emeritus Professor of Biology as applied to Medicine in the Department of Anatomy and developmental biology at University College London.

He is well known in his field for elaborating and championing the ideas of positional information and positional value: molecular signals and internal cellular responses to them that enable cells to do the right thing in the right place during embryonic development. The essence of these concepts is that there is a dedicated set of molecules for spatial coordination of cells that is the same across m ...more

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	الحزن الخبيث: تشريح الإكتئاب by Lewis Wolpert, عبلة عودة (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 1,083 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Belief 3.64 avg rating — 632 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells 3.61 avg rating — 377 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unnatural Nature of Science: Why Science Does Not Make (Common) Sense 3.68 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Principles of Development by Lewis Wolpert, Jim Smith, Tom Jessell 4.05 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1997 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Developmental Biology: A Very Short Introduction 3.67 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You're Looking Very Well: The Surprising Nature of Getting Old 3.24 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Can't a Man Be More Like a Woman?: The Evolution of Sex and Gender 3.49 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Triumph of the Embryo 3.91 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1991 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Passion for Science by Lewis Wolpert, Alison Richards 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“في ثقافة اليوروبا تبدو أقرب عبارة للتعبير عن الاكتئاب هي "وهن في القلب" أو "القلب المتعب" ص 78”
― Lewis Wolpert, Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression

tags: الإكتئاب

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“ثمة علاقة وثيقة بين الإكتئاب وغياب الدعم الاجتماعي والتعاطف العائلي ص 101”
― Lewis Wolpert, Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression

tags: الإكتئاب, العائلة, العلاقات, العواطف

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“نقلاً عن Kay Redfield Jamison

"إن الإكتئاب مرض يُجبر الإنسان على التوقف وتأمل حياته والنظر إلى أعماقه نظرة وجودية مليئة بالتساؤلات عن ماهية الحياة والهدف من الوجود" ص 155”
― Lewis Wolpert, Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression

tags: الإكتئاب, التأمل, التساؤل, الهدفية, الوجود

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