Abstract

Some 30 years ago, in gratitude for legal advice from a British barrister, Raymond Needham, the Ciba company of Basel decided to establish in London a foundation that would foster international co-operation between scientists. London was chosen, first because it had been the center for resistance to Nazism, because it was a midpoint between war-battered Europe and the United States, because the English language was becoming the international language of science and, finally, because its trust laws ensured that the foundation would function independently of the founder. Last month (December, 1978) the Ciba Foundation celebrated its 200th Symposium on Brain . . .

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