Hilary Koprowski, MD

[Tribute to Hilary Koprowski: scientist, musician and friend].

In a previous essay describing scientific places of interest in Philadelphia, 1 I mentioned the Wistar Institute, located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania just a few blocks from 1S1? Wistar is the oldest biomedical research institute in the US. Although it has some cooperative arrangements with the university, Wistar is a completely independent organization. While this is the yea...

In memoriam:Hilary Koprowski, 1916-2013.

Hilary Koprowski, who died this year at the age of 96, was an extraordinary person. He excelled as an innovative scientist, a director of a research institute, a classical pianist, a composer of music, a connoisseur of art, and a polyglot world traveler. Born in Warsaw, Poland, where he obtained a medical degree, the Nazi invasion forced him and his wife, Irena, to flee to Italy, where he studi...

REPLY TO STEPHEN WHITE hilary putnaM

W i responded to stephen White’s deep and elegant lecture in rome, i said that i agreed with his transcendental argument and i do. it is a profound contribution to the discussion of the epistemology and phenomenology of perception. and apart from one minor textual issue having to do with William James,1 was so convinced by that lecture that i had no criticism to voice. But on a subsequent close...

Course 2 BA 1 : Hilary Term 2006

5 Abstract Algebra 1 5.1 Binary Operations on Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5.2 Commutative Binary Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5.3 Associative Binary Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5.4 Semigroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5.5 The General Associative Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5.6 Identity elements...

Course 311 : Hilary Term 2006