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Early life
Baroness Greenfield was born in the west London borough of Hammersmith to Doris (Thorp) and Myer Reginald Greenfield, a machine operator, whose parents were Austrian and Russian.[3] Greenfield attended the Godolphin and Latymer School, and was the first member of her family to go on to university, at St Hilda's College, Oxford.[4]
Career
Greenfield's research is focused on brain physiology, particularly the etiology of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, but she is best known as a populariser of science. Greenfield has written several popular-science books about the brain and consciousness, and regularly gives public lectures, and appears on radio and television. In 1994, she was invited to be the first woman to give the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture, then sponsored by the BBC.[2] Her lecture was titled "The Brain". From 1995 to 1999, she gave public lectures as Gresham Professor of Physic.
Greenfield created three research and biotechnology companies: Synaptica, BrainBoost, and Neurodiagnostics, which research neuronal diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
Awards
As well as several honorary degrees, Greenfield has been awarded the Royal Society's Faraday medal, and in January 2000, received the CBE for her contributions to the public understanding of science.[1] In 2003, she was given the French Légion d'honneur, and in June of 2001, she was created a life peer, as Baroness Greenfield, of Otmoor, in the County of Oxfordshire.[1]
Personal life
Greenfield was married to an Oxford University Professor of Physical Chemistry, Peter Atkins, but they divorced in 2005.[5]
References
- ^ a b c House of Lords (2001). "Minutes and Order Paper - Minutes of Proceedings" (in English). UK Parliament House of Lords. Retrieved on October 27, 2007.
- ^ a b The Royal Institution of Great Britain (2007). "Baroness Susan Greenfield" (in English). The Royal Institution of Great Britain. Retrieved on October 27, 2007.
- ^ The Telegraph (2006). "Family Detective" (in English). Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved on October 27, 2007.
- ^ British Council on Science (2007). "Baroness Greenfield" (in English). British Council on Science. Retrieved on October 27, 2007.
- ^ Cole Moreton "Susan Greenfield: The girl with all the brains", The Independent on Sunday, 11 May 2008.
Bibliography
- Greenfield, Susan (1995). Journey to the Centers of the Mind: Toward a Science of Consciousness. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 236 pages. ISBN 0-7167-2723-4.
- Greenfield, Susan (1997). The Human Brain: A Guided Tour (Science Masters Series). New York: Basic Books, 160 pages. ISBN 0-465-00726-0.
- Greenfield, Susan (2002). The Private Life of the Brain (Penguin Press Science). London, England: Penguin Books Ltd, 272 pages. ISBN 0-14-100720-6.
- Greenfield, Susan (2003). Tomorrow's People: How 21st Century Technology is Changing the Way we Think and Feel. London: Allen Lane, 304 pages. ISBN 0-7139-9631-5.
- Greenfield, Susan (2006). Inside the Body. London: Cassell Illustrated, 288 pages. ISBN 184403500X.
- Greenfield, Susan (2008). ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century. London: Sceptre, 320 pages. ISBN 0340936002.
See also
- List of Gresham Professors of Physic
External links
- Oxford home page
- Bio from the Social Issues Research Centre
- The Royal Institution - Headed by Susan Greenfield
- Education Guardian biography
- Fellows keep Greenfield off Royal Society list
- Letter from the Royal Society on Greenfield's Fellowship nomination
- Biography and Interviews
- The Wrong Chemistry
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