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Ranging widely across many disciplines, this collection of essays includes an affectionate treatment of Leo Szilard, an analysis of the educational philosophy of Robert Maynard Hutchins, an account of the Polish emigre Leopold Labedz's resistance to communism, and an essay on Nirad Chaudhuri.

Portraits A Gallery of Intellectuals

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/05/1997
      ISBN13: 9780226753379, 978-0226753379
      ISBN10: 0226753379
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      Ranging widely across many disciplines, this collection of essays includes an affectionate treatment of Leo Szilard, an analysis of the educational philosophy of Robert Maynard Hutchins, an account of the Polish emigre Leopold Labedz's resistance to communism, and an essay on Nirad Chaudhuri.

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