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Norman John Berrill (28 April 1903 – 15 October 1996)〔(Royal Society List of Fellows, 1660-2007, A-J )〕 was an English marine biologist. He was born in Bristol and received his B.Sc. degree from the University of Bristol and his Ph.D. and D.Sc. from the University of London. In 1928, he joined the faculty of McGill University, where, from 1946 to 1965, he was Strathcona Professor of Zoology.〔(N.J. Berrill biography, Encyclopedia Britannica )〕 On 20 March 1952 he was named a Fellow of the Royal Society.〔(List of Fellows, 1660-2007, A-J )〕 Berrill wrote numerous books, including both works of popular science which were compared by some reviewers to books by Rachel Carson and Loren Eiseley, as well as textbooks and scientific monographs. Two of his titles, ''Man's Emerging Mind'' and ''Sex and the Nature of Things'', won the Canadian Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction. * ''The Living Tide'' (Dodd, Mead, 1951) * ''Journey into Wonder'' (Dodd, Mead, 1952) * ''Sex and the Nature of Things'' (Dodd, Mead, 1953), winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction * ''The Origin of Vertebrates'' (Clarendon Press, 1955) * ''(Man's Emerging Mind )'' (Dodd, Mead, 1955; reprinted by Oxford University Press, 2010), winner of the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction * ''(1001 Questions Answered about the Seashore )'' (with Jacquelyn Berrill) (Dodd, Mead, 1957; reprinted by Dover Books, 1976) * ''You and the Universe'' (Dodd, Mead, 1958) * ''Growth, Development and Pattern'' (W.H. Freeman, 1961) * ''Worlds Without End'' (Macmillan, 1964) * ''Inherit the Earth'' (Dodd, Mead, 1966) * ''Biology In Action: A Beginning College Textbook'' (Dodd, Mead, 1966) * ''The Life of the Ocean'' (McGraw-Hill, 1966) * ''The Person in the Womb'' (McGraw-Hill, 1968) * ''The Life of Sea Islands'' (McGraw-Hill, 1969) * ''Developmental Biology'' (McGraw-Hill, 1971) ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「N. J. Berrill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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