- He lived in Spain with Robert Graves (of I, Claudius (1937) fame) and in Paris where he wrote a book with Samuel Beckett.
- During World War II, his work helped to increase the effectiveness of bombing raids. This connection led him to Nagasaki after the war to study the effects of the atomic bombing there, but he came away convinced that scientists needed to pay more attention to the ethics of science, and in particular the danger that their discoveries would be misused.
- Writer about the epistemology and history of science, the importance of scientific literacy, and the connections between science and art. He became a popular spokesman for science and was cast on the popular TV show The Brains Trust (1955).
- Author of a 1944 book about William Blake, whose work he rediscovered while posing for his future wife, a sculptor.
- Emigrated with his family from Poland to Germany to England, where he studied mathematics at Cambridge University and received his doctoral degree in 1933.
- Polish born British-American mathematician, philosopher of science, and poet, author of Science and Human Values (1956).
- At Cambridge, he edited a magazine called Experiment, which featured such classmates as William Empson and T.H. White.
- Father of Lisa Jardine.
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