Appreciation. Professor R Pichlmayr

R. A. Fisher: an appreciation.

Fisher’s name has appeared repeatedly in Perspectives, two of which have been devoted primarily to him (Crow 1988, 1990). Fisher’s collected papers are a gold mine, for Fisher often put down his most profound and original ideas in ‘‘throw-away’’ articles, which were published in a five-volume set edited by Henry Bennett (Fisher 1971– 1974). Fisher’s great book (1930) has been reissued in a vari...

Professor G. R. Hargreaves

Professor Robert F. Borkenstein - Appreciation of His Life and Work.

Few men have made such a significant and sustained contribution to their chosen field of endeavor as Robert F. Borkenstein. He is an international forensic science celebrity, highly respected by his peers. The two most well-known products of his brilliance are the Breathalyzer, invented in 1954, and the "Grand Rapids Study", a seminal work which established the relative risk of being involved i...

In memory of Professor John R. Cameron (1922-2005)

Professor P. K. Thomas: clinician, investigator, editor and leader--a retrospective appreciation.

P. K. Thomas (1926-2008) occupied a prominent place in British and world neurology during the second half of the 20th century. Here, his lasting achievements as clinical neurologist, clinician scientist and experimentalist, editor of monographs and journals and leader of professional developments in the UK and elsewhere are assessed.