| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index. |
| Contents |
Formative Years -- Research: Genetics -- The Administrator -- The Humanities, the Social Sciences, and the Ascendancy of the Natural Sciences -- Governance and Governments -- Service -- Unfinished Business -- Retirement and Medicare -- Last Years and Legacies -- Appendices. 1 A Key Example of Thompson's Chromosome Work ; 2 Thompson's Work on Endosperm ; 3 Recent References to Thompson's Wheat Rust Research ; 4 A Bibliography of Thompson's Publications. |
| Summary |
The untold story of a Canadian pioneer in genetics, undergraduate science education, and the establishment of Medicare. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Thompson, Walter Palmer, 1889-1970.
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University of Saskatchewan -- History.
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University of Saskatchewan. |
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History. |
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University of Saskatchewan -- Presidents -- Biography.
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Presidents. |
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Biographies.
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Botanists -- Canada -- Biography.
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Botanists. |
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Canada. |
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Geneticists -- Canada -- Biography.
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Geneticists. |
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College presidents -- Canada -- Biography.
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College presidents. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rempel, Richard A. Research and Reform : W.P. Thompson at the University of Saskatchewan. Montreal : MQUP, ©2014 9780773541740 |
| ISBN |
9780773541740 (print) |
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0773541748 |
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9780773588905 (electronic book) |
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0773588906 |
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9780773588912 |
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0773588914 |
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