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By Alexander G. Bearn. 227 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 1993. $49.95. ISBN 0-19-262145-9.

Bearn's biography of Archibald E. Garrod is a joy to read. It portrays the man's character, his defects, and his remarkable scientific insights in the setting of his home, his schools, and his friends and associates. The author provides a family tree inside both the front and back covers, which helps the reader follow the family relationships and hints, perhaps, that Garrod was of the right genetic stuff to make the scientific breakthrough that he did. Bearn does not neglect nurture either. Garrod's father's household was renaissance in style. Young Archie attempted several treatises as a schoolboy despite his shaky . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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