- Giorgio Prodi
Giorgio Prodi (August 12, 1928, Scandiano, Italy – December 4, 1987) was an Italian medical scientist, oncologist and semiotician.
He studied
medicine andchemistry in theUniversity of Bologna . From 1958, he taught general pathology and experimental oncology. From 1973, he was the Director of the Institute of Cancerology. [Cimatti, Felice 2000. The circular semiosis of Giorgio Prodi. "Sign Systems Studies " 28: 351-379.]He has published a series of books on philosophy of medicine and biology. [Prodi, Giorgio 1988. "Teoria e metodo in biologia e medicina". Bologna: Editrice CLUEB.] Together with
Thomas Sebeok andThure von Uexküll , he has developed a semiotic approach in biology [Sebeok, Thomas 1998. The Estonian connection. "Sign Systems Studies " 26: 20-41.] (biosemiotics ) in his works of 1970s and 1980s. [Prodi, Giorgio 1988. Material basis of signification. "Semiotica" 69: 191-241.]For his honour, there exists [http://www3.unibo.it/circ/ "Giorgio Prodi" Centre of Cancer Research] in the University of Bologna.
Personal
His brother is
Romano Prodi .References
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