Giorgio Prodi
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Giorgio Prodi was an Italian medical scientist, oncologist
and semiotician
.
He studied medicine
and chemistry
in the University of Bologna
. From 1958, he taught general pathology and experimental oncology. From 1973, he was the Director of the Institute of Cancerology.
He has published a series of books on philosophy of medicine and biology. Together with Thomas Sebeok
and Thure von Uexküll
, he has developed a semiotic approach in biology (biosemiotics
) in his works of 1970s and 1980s.
For his honour, there exists "Giorgio Prodi" Centre of Cancer Research in the University of Bologna.
Oncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
and semiotician
Semiotics
Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes , indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication...
.
He studied medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
and chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
in the University of Bologna
University of Bologna
The Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word 'universitas' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088...
. From 1958, he taught general pathology and experimental oncology. From 1973, he was the Director of the Institute of Cancerology.
He has published a series of books on philosophy of medicine and biology. Together with Thomas Sebeok
Thomas Sebeok
Thomas Albert Sebeok was a polymathic American semiotician and linguist.- Life and work :...
and Thure von Uexküll
Thure von Uexküll
Thure von Uexküll was a German scholar of psychosomatic medicine and biosemiotics. He has developed the approach of his father, Jakob von Uexküll, in the study of living systems and applied it in medicine.-Life:1955-1965: Director of the Medical Outpatient Department at the University of...
, he has developed a semiotic approach in biology (biosemiotics
Biosemiotics
Biosemiotics is a growing field that studies the production, action and interpretation of signs in the biological realm...
) in his works of 1970s and 1980s.
For his honour, there exists "Giorgio Prodi" Centre of Cancer Research in the University of Bologna.