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Nature 412, 679-680 (16 August 2001) | doi:10.1038/35089112

A quintessential pluralist

John Maddox1

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The life of a scientist, wartime strategist and adviser to government.

That Solly Zuckerman, who died in 1993, had more influence on British governments than any science adviser before or since is not disputed. Whether he was a good science adviser is another matter.