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Brian Goodwin
Brian Carey Goodwin (25 March 1931 – 15 July 2009) was a Canadian mathematician and biologist, a Professor Emeritus at the Open University and a key founder of the field of theoretical biology. He made key contributions to the foundations of biomathematics, complex systems and generative models in developmental biology. He was one of the prominent scientists who suggested that a reductionist view of nature will fail to explain complex features. He published research on the subject of morphogenetic fields.〔Dickinson, W. Joseph. (1998). ''Form and Transformation: Generative and Relational Principles in Biology. by Gerry Webster; Brian Goodwin''. ''The Quarterly Review of Biology''. Vol. 73, No. 1. pp. 62-63.〕 He was also a visible member of the Third Culture movement.〔(Brian Goodwin obituary - ''The Guardian'', 9 August 2009 )〕
==Biography==
Brian Goodwin was born in Montreal, Canada in 1931. He studied biology at McGill University and then emigrated to the UK, under a Rhodes Scholarship for studying mathematics at Oxford. He got his PhD at the University of Edinburgh under the supervision of Conrad Hal Waddington. He then moved to Sussex University until 1983 when he became a full professor at the Open University in Milton Keynes until retirement in 1992. He became a major figure in the early development of mathematical biology, along with other researchers. He was one of the attendants to the famous meetings that took place between 1965 and 1968 in Villa Serbelloni, hosted by the Rockefeller Foundation, under the topic "Towards a theoretical Biology". The workshop involved, among other key scientists, Conrad Waddington, Jack Cowan, Michael Conrad, Christopher Zeeman, Richard Lewontin, Robert Rosen, Stuart Kauffman, John Maynard Smith, René Thom and Lewis Wolpert. As a result of the conference talks and discussions, a four-volume proceedings of the event came out, becoming at the time a major reference in the area.
Thereafter, he taught at the Schumacher College in Devon, UK, where he was instrumental in starting the college's MSc in Holistic Science. He was made a Founding Fellow of Schumacher College shortly before his death. Goodwin also had a research position at MIT and was a long time visitor of several institutions including the UNAM in Mexico City. He was a founding member of the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico where he also served as a member of the science board for several years.〔(Brian Goodwin ), SteinerBooks〕〔(Brian Goodwin Obituary - ''The Independent'', 31 July 2009 ).〕
Brian Goodwin died in hospital in 2009, after surgery resulting from a fall from his bicycle.〔(Professor Brian Goodwin ), Schumacher College〕 Goodwin is survived by his third wife, Christel, and his daughter, Lynn.
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