Polanyi Chronology - Revision history

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	* "Retired from the professional pursuit of science to take up philosophy" (KB, 87). "Manchester University has made it possible for me to accept the invitation of Aberdeen and to spend nine years almost exclusively on the preparation of this book. The generosity of Senate and Council in allowing me to exchange my Chair of Physical Chemistry for a Professorial appointment without lecturing duties." (PK, ix).		* "Retired from the professional pursuit of science to take up philosophy" (KB, 87). "Manchester University has made it possible for me to accept the invitation of Aberdeen and to spend nine years almost exclusively on the preparation of this book. The generosity of Senate and Council in allowing me to exchange my Chair of Physical Chemistry for a Professorial appointment without lecturing duties." (PK, ix).
	* "I turned to philosophy as an afterthought to my career as a scientist" (TD, 3).		* "I turned to philosophy as an afterthought to my career as a scientist" (TD, 3).

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	* Senior Research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford (MEP).		* Senior Research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford (MEP).
	* Aberdeen, Hon LL.D. (BM).		* Aberdeen, Hon LL.D. (BM).

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A Synopsis of Polanyi's Life

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	\|''Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher''		\|''Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher'' (2005)

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	\|''Personal Knowledge''		\|''Personal Knowledge'' (1958)

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	\|"Biographical Memoir" by Wigner and Hodgkin		\|"Biographical Memoir" by Wigner and Hodgkin (1977)

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	\|''Knowing and Being''		\|''Knowing and Being'' (1973)

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	\|Magda Elizabeth Polanyi's chronology.		\|Magda Elizabeth Polanyi's chronology (circa 1972-1976)

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	\|''Science, Faith and Society''		\|''Science, Faith and Society'' (1963 edition)

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	\|''The Study of Man''		\|''The Study of Man'' (1959)

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A Synopsis of Polanyi's Life

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	MEP = a chronology of Polanyi's life assembled by his wife, Magda E. Polanyi. I found this in Scott's files for the Polanyi biography. I do not know whether it is available in any other collection.		MEP = a chronology of Polanyi's life assembled by his wife, Magda E. Polanyi. I found this in Scott's files for the Polanyi biography. I do not know whether it is available in any other collection.

	Additional details have been added from the entry in the ''Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of the Royal Society'' written by Robin A. Hodgkin and Eugene P. Wigner.		Additional details have been added from the entry in the ''Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of the Royal Society'' written by Robin A. Hodgkin and Eugene P. Wigner. They used Magda's chronology as a foundation for their article.

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A Synopsis of Polanyi's Life

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	\|* ''USSR Economics: Fundamental Data, System and Spirit''. Manchester University Press, 25 pp.		\|* ''USSR Economics: Fundamental Data, System and Spirit''. Manchester University Press, 25 pp.
	* [http://polanyisociety.org/Ltr-Vlu-Inexact-18-3.pdf "The Value of the Inexact"]		* [http://polanyisociety.org/Ltr-Vlu-Inexact-18-3.pdf "The Value of the Inexact," TAD 18:3 (1991-1992) 35-36.]

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	\|''USSR Economics: Fundamental Data, System and Spirit''. Manchester University Press, 25 pp.		\|* ''USSR Economics: Fundamental Data, System and Spirit''. Manchester University Press, 25 pp.
			* [http://polanyisociety.org/Ltr-Vlu-Inexact-18-3.pdf "The Value of the Inexact"]

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	\|"I first met questions of philosophy when I came up against the Soviet ideology under Stalin which denied justification to the pursuit of science" (TD, 3). In ~~this decade~~, Polanyi ~~also moved~~ from chemistry to economics and social analysis.		\|"I first met questions of philosophy when I came up against the Soviet ideology under Stalin which denied justification to the pursuit of science" (TD, 3). In the next ten years or so, Polanyi's interests gravitated from chemistry to economics and social analysis.

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	\|"In 1938 (?) asked by Professor [George P. Thomson] to take charge of the British section of the Atomic Project. He declined, as all the names were those of refugees who were put on a 'hopeless project.' A grave misjudgment" (MEP). [MXM: Bill Scott and Monika Tobin could not confirm this claim by Magda.]		\|"In 1938 (?) [Polanyi was] asked by Professor [George P. Thomson] to take charge of the British section of the Atomic Project. He declined, as all the names were those of refugees who were put on a 'hopeless project.' A grave misjudgment" (MEP). [MXM: Bill Scott and Monika Tobin could not confirm this claim by Magda.]

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	* ''The Study of Man'' — "a theory of historiography" (TD, ix). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. "The Lindsay Memorial Lectures given at the University College of North Staffordshire, 1958" (SM, 4). These lectures "can [...] be read as an introduction to ''Personal Knowledge.''		* ''The Study of Man'' — "a theory of historiography" (TD, ix). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. "The Lindsay Memorial Lectures given at the University College of North Staffordshire, 1958" (SM, 4). These lectures "can [...] be read as an introduction to ''Personal Knowledge''" (SM, 9).

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A Synopsis of Polanyi's Life

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	* ''The Study of Man'' — "a theory of historiography" (TD, ix). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.		* ''The Study of Man'' — "a theory of historiography" (TD, ix). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. "The Lindsay Memorial Lectures given at the University College of North Staffordshire, 1958" (SM, 4). These lectures "can [...] be read as an introduction to ''Personal Knowledge.''

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