Into the Past: A Memoir - Phillip V. Tobias

Publisher: Picador Africa / Wits University Press, Johannesburg, 2005.
Edition: First

Inscribed by author For dear Joel Alswang, after so many years! Phillip V. Tobias, 12.X.05.
Second hand, condition very good, very light shelf wear, signed by author.

Foreword by Sydney Brenner. Tobias focuses on the first 40 years of his life: from his troubled childhood in Durban and Bloemfontein to his intense student days at Wits University (where he also taught from 1945 until his retirement in 1993) and the prolific research, correspondence and travels of his early career. He vividly recounts his interactions with some of the great names in twentieth century science - such as Raymond Dart, Robert Broom, Wilfrid LeGros Clark and Theodosius Dobzhansky - as well as their impact on him.

Through his dedication to the people of Africa, Tobias opens windows on the San (or Bushmen) of Botswana, the Tonga of Zambia, and he recounts his role in the fight against racism during the harrowing decades of South Africa's apartheid regime.

The anecdotes, experiences and philosophies Tobias reveals portray a many-sided scholar and humanist, whose scientific achievements are matched by his love of people, teaching, books, theatre, music, travel - and tea and cricket.

A delightfully interesting read.

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