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26 November 2013 | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge walks with ZSL President Sir Patrick Bateson, ZSL's Director General Ralph Armond and his father Prince Charles, Prince of Wales as they attend a meeting of 'United for Wildlife' at the Zoological Society of London in London, England. The Duke of Cambridge is President of United for Wildlife, a collaboration of seven of the largest global Conservation organisations. (c) Eddie Mulholland-WPA Pool/Getty Images
I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Sir Patrick ‘Pat’ Bateson, professor of ethology at the University of Cambridge. I consider it an honour to have had him as a lecturer during my undergraduate days studying Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge. His kindness and charisma left a lasting impression on me. So enthralled was I in one of his brilliant lectures on development and behaviour, that I absent-mindedly found myself playing with my hoop earrings (I must apologise for my choice of earrings; this was the 2000s!). To my absolute horror, my fiddling caused one earring to fling out of my ear with such force that it bounced off Patrick mid-flow and landed at his feet! He simply bent down to pick up my earring and returned it to me with a twinkle in his eyes and a little smirk on his lips, all the while continuing his lecture completely unfazed. Needless to say, whilst this memory still fills me with obvious mortification, the overriding feeling is one of great affection towards the kind-hearted and good-humoured prof who inspired me greatly as an undergraduate and subsequent scientific career.
Playfulness Makes the Game Fun
Playfulness Makes the Game Fun
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Playful Pith from Patrick Bateson
Playful Pith from Patrick Bateson
I found a paper in which Patrick Bateson summarizes the ideas in his book Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation. Because he is a scientist, his understanding of play – especially playful play – can be readily applied to other sciences: particularly to those concerning human and animal behavior. And for those reasons, his work remains of great value to us Defenders of the Playful.
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