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Bateson

American  
[beyt-suhn] / ˈbeɪt sən /

noun

  1. William, 1861–1926, English biologist and geneticist.


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Four years ago, with the UK beginning to emerge from its latest Covid-19 lockdown, teacher Damaris Bateson asked her new intake of Year 7 students to write letters to their future selves.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2025

He was friendly with Bateson, and he and Mead made a radio show about the Beat Generation.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2024

“In the beginning, researchers felt that empirical evidence was strong enough that, naturally, it’s going to convince anybody to erect a barrier,” said Bateson, the author.

From New York Times Nov. 5, 2023

“The result is really interesting and important,” says behavior biologist Melissa Bateson of Newcastle University.

From Science Magazine Sep. 6, 2023

But the real information, Bateson argued, was not contained in the features, but in the combination of genes that determined them—i.e., in the genotype.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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