[Letters] [microform] / Michael Polanyi. 1940-1950.

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[Letters] [microform] / Michael Polanyi. 1940-1950.

Letters from Michael Polanyi chiefly to his brother Karl Polanyi; some letters to other people.

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Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976

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British chemist and philosopher. Born, Budapest, Hungary, 1891. M.D., University of Budapest, 1913; Ph. D., 1917. Worked at Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Fibre Chemistry, Berlin, 1920-23, and the Institute of Physical and Electro-Chemistry, Berlin, 1923-33. Chair, physical chemistry, 1933-48, and professor of social studies, 1948-58, University of Manchester. Senior research fellow, Merton College, Oxford, 1958-76. Died, 1976. From the description of Papers, 1900-1975 (inclusive). (Uni...

Polanyi, Karl, 1886-1964

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Born in Vienna on 21 October, 1886, Karl Polanyi was the son of a Hungarian engineer and entrepreneur, Michael Pollacsek, and a Russian mother, Cecile Wohl, who was a figure in Hungarian intellectual and political society. His brother was the philosopher and chemist Michael Polanyi. Raised in Budapest, Polanyi attended the University at Budapest and Kolozsvar, earning a doctorate of law in 1909. He was called to the bar in 1912. It was at University, in 1908, that Polany...