Charles Birch was the professor who in 1966 introduced me to the wonders of biology and ultimately was a catalyst of my studying Zoology, Biochemistry and Physiology which led me naturally to Medicine. The rest is now history.
He was an astonishing polymath and Australia has I believe lost a genuine living treasure. In 1990 he won the Templeton Prize (which is like a Nobel Prize in the area of Science and Religion).
He died this weekend at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.
More details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Birch
I, for one, feel I have lost a link to all sorts of threads of my past. Go well Charles.
David.
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