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How did a child born into a Spanish-speaking Jewish family in Venezuela overcome a learning disability and the interruption of his education at the outset of World War II to become a medical researcher. In a delightful and often humorous memoir, Dr. Baruj Benacerraf, M.D., recounts the colorful history of his family and how they shaped his values and goals. ... Read more

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From Caracas to Stockholm
Very good. This is the second time I review it favourably. Please check your files and don't ask me anymore.

Less than I hoped for
Benacerraf is a charming writer, but I was somewhat disappointed with the book. I was hoping to find some new insights into the creative process in science and some sparkling anecdotes about this Nobel Prize winner'scolleagues. I did not find much of either. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Reynaldo Hahn, Teodoro Petkoff, Ricardo Hausmann, Karina, Henrique Capriles Radonski, Baruj Benacerraf, Jacques Braunstein, Maurice Ruah, Moisés Kaufman, Ilan Chester, Moisés Naím, Amador Bendayán, Gerardo Budowski, Paulina Gamus. Excerpt:Amador Bendayán Amador Bendayán (November 11, 1920 August 8, 1989) was a Venezuelan actor and entertainer . The son of Moroccan Jewish immigrants, Bendayán was born in Villa de Cura, Aragua , and was raised and educated in Caracas . He started his career in radio in 1937 as an announcer and comedian . Bendayán gained a huge popularity for his comedies El Bachiller y Bartolo (1949 59) and La Bodega de la Esquina (1950 1960), and when it went from radio to television , his popularity and his audience continued to grow. He also appeared in several movies in Mexico and Venezuela from 1947 through 1971 and worked in The Amador News , a satirical TV-news parody, in the mid-1960s. In 1968, Bendayán was hired by Radio Caracas Televisión to host Sábado Espectacular , a five-hour marathon variety show which lasted through 1971. A year later he moved to Venevisión , as the show was renamed Sábado Sensacional . Bendayán hosted his show until 1989, a few months before his death in Caracas, aged 68. Selected filmography Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Baruj Benacerraf Baruj Benacerraf (born 29 October 1920) is a Venezuelan immunologist , who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which encode cell surface molecules important for the immune system's distinction between self and non-self". His brother is well-known philosopher Paul Benacerraf . Born in Caracas , his parents were Sephardic Jews : his father was born in the Spanish Morocco (city o... ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Baruj Benacerraf, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 566 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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